Despite the Odds: The Contentious Politics of Education Reform

Merilee Serrill Grindle

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List of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii A Note on Terminology xvii CHAPTER ONE: A Conundrum: Reform Despite the Odds 1 CHAPTER TWO: From Public Problems to Political Agendas 27 CHAPTER THREE: Sponsoring Reform: Executive Leadership, Formidable Constraints 58 CHAPTER FOUR: Designing Reforms: Problems, Solutions, and Politics 93 CHAPTER FIVE: Contesting Education: Teachers' Unions and the State 119 CHAPTER SIX: Contesting Education: Teachers' Unions versus Reformers 140 CHAPTER SEVEN: Implementing and Sustaining Change: New Arenas for Conflict 165 CHAPTER EIGHT: In Process: The Politics of Education Reform 189 Notes 207 Bibliography 233 Index 249

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