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Freedom From Equality: Democratic Education And The Failure Of The Nclb, Andrew X. Fleming
Freedom From Equality: Democratic Education And The Failure Of The Nclb, Andrew X. Fleming
Student Research Symposium
Deeply rooted societal concerns about what role democratic ideals should play within systems of education, and how much sway the federal government should hold over educational institutions, have been at the forefront of American educational policy for decades. These questions have more recently been brought into the limelight once again within the context of the implementation of charter schools and the controversial No Child Left Behind act, and its subsequent failure. The expressed goal of this paper is to provide an examination of what philosophies and ideals of so-called "democratic education" are have played major roles in developing the discourse …
Examining Edd Dissertations In Practice: The Carnegie Project On The Education Doctorate, Valerie A. Storey, Micki M. Caskey, Kristina A. Hesbol, James E. Marshall, Bryan D. Maughan, Amy Wells Dolan
Examining Edd Dissertations In Practice: The Carnegie Project On The Education Doctorate, Valerie A. Storey, Micki M. Caskey, Kristina A. Hesbol, James E. Marshall, Bryan D. Maughan, Amy Wells Dolan
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
In 2007, 25 colleges and schools of education (Phase I) came together under the aegis of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) to transform doctoral education for education practitioners. A challenging aspect of the reform of the educational doctorate is the role and design of the dissertation or Dissertation in Practice. In response to consortium concerns, members of the CPED Dissertation in Practice Awards Committee conducted this action research study to examine the format and design of Dissertations in Practice submitted by (re) designed programs. Data were gathered with an online survey, interviews, analyses of 25 Dissertations in …