The State of the System: A Reality Check on Canada's Schools

A School System Under Stress -- Shaping Of The System: The Modern Bureaucratic Education Statein Formation, 1920-93 -- Testing Time: The Triumph Of Testing, Accountability, And Systems,1993-2015 -- Consolidate And Control: School Consolidation And Bureaucratic Managerialism -- Education On Wheels: The Hidden Costs Of Busing Schoolchildren -- Public Choice In The System: Catholic Separate Schools, Linguistic Boards, And Diversity -- The One-size-fits-all Model: Uniformity, Inclusion,and Marginalization -- The Success For All Curriculum: The Downside Of Universality -- Student Assessment Experiments: Soft Skills And Hard Realities -- The Big Disconnect: High School Graduates And The Preparedness Problem -- The School Closure Wars: And Resistance To Consolidation -- School Boards In Crisis: The Withering Of Local Democracy. Paul W. Bennett. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.