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VUE Number 24, Summer 2009

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Annenberg Institute for School Reform. 2001. The Promise of Urban Schools: In Search of Excellence. Providence, RI: Brown University, Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Available for download at
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Aspen Institute and Annenberg Institute for School Reform. 2006. Strong Foundation, Evolving Challenges: A Case Study to Support Leadership Transition in the Boston Public Schools. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute. Available for download
> Description, findings, full text PDF

Boser, U. 2001. “Pressure without Support,” Education Week 20 (January 11):68-84.

Bryk, A. S., and L. Gomez. 2008. “Reinventing a Research and Development Capacity.” In The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship: Possibilities for School Reform, edited by F. Hess, pp. 181-206. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
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Buchberger, F., and I. Buchberger. 2003. “Problem Solving Capacity of a Teacher Education System as a Condition of Success? An Analysis of the ‘Finnish Case.’” In Education Policy Analysis in a Comparative Perspective, edited by F. Buchberger and S. Berghammer, pp. 222-237. Linz, Austria: Trauner.

Carson, R. 1962. Silent Spring. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett.

Coburn, C. 2003. “Rethinking Scale: Moving beyond Numbers to Deep and Lasting Change,” Educational Researcher 32, no. 6:3-12.
> Description, references, full text PDF

Council of Economic Advisors. 1964. The Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisors. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO.

Cowen Institute. 2008. The State of Public Education in New Orleans: 2008 Report. New Orleans, LA: Tulane University, Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives.
> Abstract, full text PDF

Duncan, A. 2009. “Secretary Arne Duncan Testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee, May 20, 2009.” U.S. Department of Education Web site.
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Eckstein, M. A., and H. J. Noah. 1993. Secondary School Examinations: International Perspectives on Policies and Practice. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Feingold, R. D. 2007. “Feingold Part of Senate Coalition Calling for Improvements to NCLB Testing Mandates,” U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Winsconsin, Web site.
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Finnish National Board of Education. 2007. “Background for Finnish PISA Success,” (November 12).

Fullan, M. 2005. Leadership and Sustainability: System Thinkers in Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Fuhrman, S. and M. Lazerson., eds. 2005. The Institutions of American Democracy: The Public Schools. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Godwin, K., and W. Sheard. 2001. “Education Reform and the Politics of 2000,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31 (Summer):111-129.
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Gold, E., E. Simon, M. Cucchiara, C. A. Mitchell, and M. Riffer. 2007. A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System. Philadelphia, PA: Research for Action.
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Gonnie van Amelsvoort, H. W. C., and J. Scheerens. 1996. “International Comparative Indicators on Teachers,” International Journal of Educational Research 25, no. 3:267-277.

Gordon, E. W., and B. L. Bridglall. 2005. “The Challenge, Context, and Preconditions of Academic Development at High Levels.” In Supplementary Education: The Hidden Curriculum of High Academic Achievement, edited by E. W. Gordon, B. L. Bridglall, and A. S. Meroe. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
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Government of Finland, Ministry of Education. n.d. “Objectives and Programmes,” Ministry of Education Web site, Education Policy.
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Harrington, M. 1962. The Other America. New York: Macmillan.

Hill, P. T., C. Campbell, and J. Harvey. 2000. It Takes a City: Getting Serious about Urban School Reform. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
> Abstract, sample chapter, ordering information

Hirota, J. M., and L. E. Jacobs. 2003. Vital Voices: Building Constituencies for Public School Reform. New York: Academy for Educational Development.

Jennings, J. F. 2001. “Title I: Its Legislative History and Its Promise.” In Title I: Compensatory Education at the Crossroads; Sociocultural, Political and Historical Studies in Education, edited by G. D. Borman, S. C. Stringfield, and R. E. Slavin, pp. 1-24. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Joftus, S. 2008. “Innovate, Regulate, or Conjugate? The Federal Role in Education.” Paper presented at the Knowledge Alliance (formerly NEKIA) Policy Forum “Using Evidence for a Change, the Federal Role in Education: Innovator or Regulator” (May 13).
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Kaestle, C. F., and M. S. Smith. 1982. “The Federal Role in Elementary and Secondary Education, 1940-1980,” Harvard Educational Review 52, no. 4 (Winter):384-408.

Kantor, H. 1991. “Education, Social Reform, and the State: ESEA and Federal Education Policy in the 1960s,” American Journal of Education 100, no. 1 (November):47-83.

Kantor, H., and R. Lowe. 2006. “From New Deal to No Deal: No Child Left Behind and the Devolution of Responsibility for Equal Opportunity,” Harvard Educational Review 76, no. 4 (Winter):474-502.
> Abstract, full text PDF, ordering information

Klein, A. 2009. “Programs’ Funding Is Debated in Light of Stimulus Package,” Education Week 28 (May 20):1, 17.

Laukkanen, R. 2008. “Finnish Strategy for High-Level Education for All.” In Governance and Performance of Education Systems, edited by N. C. Soguel and P. Jaccard. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Lavonen, J. 2008. “Reasons Behind Finnish Students’ Success in the PISA Scientific Literacy Assessment.” Conference presentation. Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki.

Levin, H. M. 1982. “Federal Grants and Educational Equity,” Harvard Educational Review 52, no. 4 (Winter):444-460.
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Lowi, T. J. 1984. “Ronald Reagan – Revolutionary?” In The Reagan Presidency and the Governing of America, edited by L. M. Salamon and M. S. Lund, pp. 29-56. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
> Description, ordering information

McLaughlin, M., and M. O’Brien-Strain. 2008. “The Youth Data Archive: Integrating Data to Assess Social Settings in a Societal Sector Framework.” In Toward Positive Youth Development: Transforming Schools and Community Programs, edited by M. Shinn and H. Yoshikawa, pp. 313-332. New York: Oxford University Press.
> Description, table of contents, ordering information

Mediratta, K., S. Shah, and S. McAlister. 2008. Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: A Preview of Research Findings. Providence, RI: Brown University, Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
> Executive summary, full text pdf, findings

C. S. Mott Foundation. 2007. A New Day for Learning: A Report from the Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force. Flint, MI: C. S. Mott Foundation.
> Articles, video, full text download

Nathan, R. P., T. L. Gais, and J. W. Fossett. 2003. “Bush Federalism: Is There One, What Is It, and How Does It Differ?” Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 7.

National Center for Education Statistics. 2007. Highlights From PISA 2006: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Science and Mathematics Literacy in an International Context. NCES 2008-016. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
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National Commission on Excellence in Education. 1983. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
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Neuman, S. B. 2008. Changing the Odds for Children at Risk: Seven Essential Principles of Educational Programs that Break the Cycle of Poverty. Westport, CT: Praeger.
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Obama, B. 2009. “Remarks by the President on a on a Complete and Competitive American Education,” The White House Web site, Briefing Room, Speeches and Remarks, March 10.
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Ogletree, C. 2004. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
> Description, ordering information

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. 2005. Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators. Paris, France: OECD.

Orfield, G. 1969. The Reconstruction of Southern Education: The Schools and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. New York: Wiley-Interscience.

Orlofsky G. F., and L. Olson. 2001. “The State of the States,&rdqo; Education Week 20 (January 11):86-106.

Peterson, P. E., B. G. Rabe, and K. K. Wong. 1986. When Federalism Works. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

Quaid, L. 2009. “Duncan: States Could Lose Out on Stimulus Cash,” Associated Press (May 28).
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Reagan, R. 1985. “Remarks at the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Meeting,” Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 21, no. 9 (February 28). Washington, DC: U.S. GPO.

Ripley, R. B., and G. A. Franklin. 1991. Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Public Policy, 5th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Robelen, E. 2001. “States Sluggish on Execution of 1994 ESEA,” Education Week 21, no. 13 (November 28):1, 26-27.

Rothstein, R. 2004. Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap. New York: Teachers College Press.
> Description, ordering information

Sahlberg, P. 2009. “Educational Change in Finland.” In International Handbook of Educational Change, edited by A. Hargreaves, M. Fullan, A. Lieberman, and D. Hopkins, pp. 1-28. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
> Description, reviews, ordering information

Sahlberg, P. 2007. “Education Policies for Raising Student Learning: The Finnish Approach,” Journal of Education Policy 22, no. 2:147-171.

Statistics Finland. 2009. “Matriculation Examination Attained by Nearly 90 Per Cent and Vocational Qualification or Tertiary Degree Attained by over 70 Per Cent of Students Who Start Studies,” Statistics Finland Web site (May 15).
> Full text online

Stone, C. N., J. R. Henig, B. D. Jones, and C. Pierannunzi. 2001. Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
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Sunderman, G. L. 1995. “The Politics of School Reform: The Educational Excellence Movement and State Policymaking.” Unpublished dissertation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Thomas, N. C. 1983. “The Development of Federal Activism in Education: A Contemporary Perspective,” Education and Urban Society 15, no. 3 (May):271-290.
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Tyack, D., and Cuban, L. 1995. Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century Of Public School Reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2006. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Walker, D. 1986. “The Nature and Systemic Impact of ‘Creative Federalism.’” In The Great Society and its Legacy: Twenty Years of U.S. Social Policy, edited by M. Kaplan and P. Cuciti, pp. 197-208. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Westbury, I., S.-E. Hansen, P. Kansanen, and O. Björkvist. 2005. “Teacher Education for Research- Based Practice in Expanded Roles: Finland’s Experience,” Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 49, no. 5:475-485.
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