Educational Goods :Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making
Educational Goods :Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making
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20 February, 2018
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780226514178 |
| ISBN10 | 022651417X |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 312 g |
| Product Dimensions | 15 x 23 x 1 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | The University of Chicago Press |
| Format | paperback |
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An ambitious effort that succeeds in providing a fundamentally new way to talk about and, by dint of that, think about policy choices in education. The high quality and intellectually diverse team of authors work hard to make what could be dense and complex points as clearly as possible. --Jeffrey R. Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University
This strong team of philosophers and social scientists chart a path toward improvement in education policy that falls between the too-narrow bean counting of No Child Left Behind and its ilk, and the inspiring but often too-vague-to-be-useful rhetoric of ideals. The authors strive both to establish a general frame for such inquiry and to make a start on showing their own approach to filling in the details. A work that is imaginative, informative, and unfailingly constructive. --Michael S. McPherson, co-author of Lesson Plan: An Agenda for Change in American Higher Education
Effective decision-making--whether educational or otherwise--requires not just weighing the evidence but also determining which evidence to privilege. This in turn requires making value judgments. This gifted team brings together insights from philosophy, political science, economics, public policy, and education to propose a framework for combining values and evidence for improved decision-making. Every education decision-maker--and every education researcher--would benefit from reading this book. --David N. Figlio, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
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Author's Bio
Harry Brighouse is professor of philosophy and affiliate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Helen F. Ladd is the Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy Studies and professor of economics in Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Susanna Loeb is the Barnett Family Professor of Education at Stanford University. Adam Swift is professor of political theory at the University of Warwick.