Politics, Markets, and America's Schools Parragon Publishing Those of us who grew

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Politics, Markets, and America's Schools Parragon Publishing Those of us who grewDuring the 1980s, widespread dissatisfaction with America's schools gave rise to a powerful movement for educational change, and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. The fundamental causes of poor academic performance, they claim, are not to be found in the schools, but rather in the institutions of direct