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School Reform in the Deep South : A title: Critical Appraisal author: Vold, David J.; DeVitis, Joseph L. publisher: University of Alabama Press isbn10 | asin: 081730553X print isbn13: 9780817305536 ebook isbn13: 9780585261454 language: English Public schools--Southern States, subject Educational change--Southern States, Educational change--Alabama. publication date: 1991 lcc: LA230.5.S6S36 1991eb ddc: 370/.975 Public schools--Southern States, subject: Educational change--Southern States, Educational change--Alabama. Page i School Reform in the Deep South Page ii Page iii School Reform in the Deep South A Critical Appraisal Edited by David J. Vold & Joseph L. Devitis THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS TUSCALOOSA AND LONDON Page iv Copyright (c) 1991 by The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI A39.48- 1984. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data School reform in the Deep South : a critical appraisal / edited by David J. Vold and Joseph L. DeVitis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0553-X 1. Public schoolsSouthern States. 2. Educational change Southern States. 3. Educational changeAlabama. I. Vold, David J., 1947- . II. DeVitis, Joseph L. LA230.5.S6S36 1991 90-44661 370'.975-dc20 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available "Public Education's Last Hurrah? Schizophrenia, Amnesia, and Ignorance in School Politics," by William Lowe Boyd, was first published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 85-110. It is published here, as edited, by permission of the author and the American Educational Research Association. The volume editors are grateful to the College of Education at The University of Alabama for paying for permission to republish this chapter. "The Illusion of Educational Reform in Georgia," by Wayne J. Urban, was first published in Journal of Thought, Vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 31-36. It is published here, as edited, by permission of the author and the editor of Journal of Thought. "Democratic Tension and the Future of the Public School," by David J. Vold, was first published as "Private Rights Versus Public Welfare" Democratic Tension and the Public School," in Toward Tomorrow, pp. 38-45, the 1983 proceedings of the Southern World Future Society. It is published here, as edited and retitled, by permission of the author and the editor of the proceedings. Page v CONTENTS Introduction 1 David J. Vold & Joseph L. DeVitis Part One Public Education's Last Hurrah? Schizophrenia, Amnesia, 19 and Ignorance in School Politics William Lowe Boyd Bill Clinton and Arkansas: Can Political Leaders Reform 37 the Schools? Robert W. Johns Curriculum Reform and Professional Expertise: The 55 Florida Experience C. J. B. Macmillan Merit Pay: Resurrection of an Unworkable Past 65 Kenneth D. McCracken & David J. Vold Part Two Educational Reform in Mississippi: A Historical 75 Perspective Robert L. Jenkins & William A. Person Educational Reform in Alabama: 1972-1989 109 Charles F. Rudder The Illusion of Educational Reform in Georgia 131 Wayne J. Urban Page vi Part Three Imagining Sisyphus Happy with Educational Reformers 145 David E. Denton Democratic Tension and the Future of the Public School 155 David J. Vold Notes 169 Bibliography 185 Contributors 195 Index 197
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