Governing New York City
Governing New York City

Author: Wallace Sayre

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Published: 1960-12-31

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 1610446860

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This widely acclaimed study of political power in a metropolitan community portrays the political system in its entirety and in balance—and retains much of the drama, the excitement, and the special style of New York City. It discusses the stakes and rules of the city's politics, and the individuals, groups, and official agencies influencing government action.

Principles of School Administration
Principles of School Administration

Author: Paul R. Mort

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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The fundamental rationale of this book is that (1) the culture has a series of definable sanctions, (2) these sanctions have reasonable bases and when stated as principles are dimensions of goodness in action, (3) these principles can be a series of tests to decide whether or not a proposed act will be wise actions, and (4) such principles can have specific application in illuminating and making rational the subject matter of professional training for school administration. Each principle is introduced, defined, elaborated on and illustrated, such that the student confronts a minimum list of considerations that must be weighed in making balanced judgments. Principles and technical aspects of administration are mutually supporting, and this book presents a set of these that have proved useful in practice.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: United States. Office of Education

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 1052

ISBN-13:

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Pluralism and American Public Education
Pluralism and American Public Education

Author: Ashley Rogers Berner

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 113750224X

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This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the traditional common school model and defends the educational pluralism that most liberal democracies enjoy. Berner provides a unique theoretical pathway that is neither libertarian nor state-focused and a pragmatic pathway that avoids the winner-takes-all approach of many contemporary debates about education. For the first time in nearly one hundred fifty years, changing the underlying structure of America’s public education system is both plausible and possible, and this book attempts to set out why and how.