A Primer on America's Schools

by Terry M. Moe

Overview

In this volume the eleven members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education provide a broad overview of the American education system—pulling together basic facts about its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817999414
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	08/01/2001
Series:	Publication Series , #486
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Terry M. Moe is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 education, and a professor of political science at Stanford University. He is an expert on educational policy, U.S. political institutions, and organization theory. His current research projects are concerned with school choice, public bureaucracy, and the presidency.