The local school board is one of America's enduring venues of lay democracy at work. In
Democracy, Deliberation, and Education, Robert Asen takes the pulse of this democratic …

Winner of the 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award Much
has been made of the gap between public schools and the communities that they serve. This …

From curriculum standards and testing to school choice and civic learning, issues in
American education are some of the most debated in the United States. The Institutions of …

This article examines the role of school board elections in local school governance. The
article argues that the history of school governance including many current reforms such as …

The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States,
citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their …

Drawing from his experiences as a long-term congressman, John Brademas focuses on
policy formation to examine the politics of federal support for education. Brademas provides …

Americans have reason to be concerned about the condition of American democracy at the
start of the twenty-first century. Surveys show that civic participation has declined, cynicism …

IT iS APPROPRiATE that in writing a book about how communities affect us, I have been
supported by many people in different, but often overlapping, communities. This book began …

A preoccupation with academic quality has guided contemporary education reforms in the
United States. This is hardly surprising, because political and business elites recognize that …

Drawing on three years of field research and extensive theoretical and empirical literature,
Democratic Dilemmas chronicles the day-to-day efforts of educators and laypersons working …