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Squandering America's Future—Why ECE Policy Matters for ...

Squandering America's Future—Why ECE Policy Matters for ...

Susan Ochshorn

Jal Mehta, “Why American Education Fails: And How Lessons from Abroad Could Improve It,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2013, www.foreignaffairs .com/articles/ 139113/jal-mehta/why-american-education-fails. 15. National Council on Teacher ...
The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and ...

The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and ...

Jal Mehta

High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling Jal Mehta. THE ALLURE OF ORDER High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling z JAL MEHTA 1 3 ...
An Education in Politics: the origins and evolution of No ...

An Education in Politics: the origins and evolution of No ...

Jesse Rhodes

A few previous studies—especially works by Keith Nitta and Jal Mehta—have underscored the importance of the standards-based reform paradigm in the development of education policy, but they have underestimated the extent to which ...
The Futures of School Reform

The Futures of School Reform

Jal Mehta

Based on the recognition that current education reform efforts have reached their limits, this volume maps out a variety of bold visions that push the boundaries of our current thinking.
Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture among ...

Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture among ...

David J. Harding

I also thank my colleagues and friends from the graduate program at the Harvard Sociology Department and Kennedy School of Government, particularly Jal Mehta, Andrew Clarkwest, Cybelle Fox, Wendy Roth, Jay Gabler, and Ali Marin.
Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research

Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research

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As noted in the introduction and in chapters 1 and 2 by Jal Mehta and Vivien Schmidt, a growing body of literature on ideational variables—ideology, ideas, norms, culture—has emerged in recent years. After years of neglect, scholars have ...
Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide

Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide

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Scott Davies McMaster University Jal Mehta Harvard University See Also: Career and Technical Education; Educational Policymakers; Labor Market Effects on Education; Schools as Bureaucracies; Technology Education. Further Readings  ...
Building the Federal Schoolhouse: Localism and the American ...

Building the Federal Schoolhouse: Localism and the American ...

Douglas S. Reed

James Scott coined the phrase “seeing like a state” in his book of the same title ( James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Yale University Press, 1999) and Jal Mehta applies it to ...
Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education ...

Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education ...

OECD

... current performance of the united States: andreas Schleicher; Japan: marc tucker and Betsy Brown ruzzi, ncee; china: Kai-ming cheng, university of hong Kong, hong Kong, china; canada: robert Schwartz and Jal mehta, harvard university, ...
Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature: Critical Moments in ...

Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature: Critical Moments in ...

Alison Donnell

Mehta, Brinda J. (1999) 'Cultural Hegemony andthe Stranglehold of Brahminic Patriarchy in an IndoCaribbean Context', ... Mehta, BrindaJ.(2000) 'The Colonial Curriculum and the Construction of the “Coolieness” in Lakshmi Persaud's Sastra  ...
Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East

Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East

Gita Mehta

Brilliantly irreverent, Karma Cola displays Mehta’s gift for weaving old and new, common and bizarre, history and current events into a seamless and colorful narrative that is at once witty, shocking, and poignant.
Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me

Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me

Vinod Mehta

Editor Unplugged recounts Vinod Mehta’s experiences in the corridors of power in Delhi, taking forward the story of Lucknow Boy.
Diasporic (dis)locations: Indo-Caribbean Women Writers ...

Diasporic (dis)locations: Indo-Caribbean Women Writers ...

Brinda J. Mehta

Indo-Caribbean Women Writers Negotiate the Kala Pani Brinda J. Mehta. ownership that fosters healthy ties between the individual and his or her community through the prntciple of inclusiveness. As James proclaims, "The good life ... is that ...
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific

The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific

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... M. 433 Mazdak 199 Mazyar 199 Mdivani, Gregory 445 Measure for Measure 423 Medea 43, 104, 233, 381 Medicine Without Effort 400 Mee,ErinB. 147 Meeting Place 342 Megat Terawis 92 Mehta, R.C. 171 Mehta, Vijaya 158 Mei Lan Fang ...
Postcolonial Gateways and Walls: Under Construction

Postcolonial Gateways and Walls: Under Construction

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... Bernard 109 Mauritian creole language 153 Mauritius xv, 149, 150, 151,153,154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161,162 Mayer, Tamar 320 Mecca 34, 38 Meere, Charles 318 Mehmet II 45,46 Mehta, Binita 153, 156, 160, 162 Mehta, BrindaJ.
Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest ...

Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest ...

Pavithra K. Mehta

This book is the first to tell its extraordinary story.
Connect to Your One: NaliniKIDS

Connect to Your One: NaliniKIDS

Rupa Mehta

Could one word have the power to weigh more than a gallon of ice cream? Connect to Your One is about acknowledging the weight of words and the impact words have on shaping our identity.
Haematology at a Glance

Haematology at a Glance

Atul B. Mehta

This new edition of Haematology at a Glance: • Features expanded sections on the underlying mechanisms, diagnostic techniques and management of the malignant haematological diseases.
Business Legends

Business Legends

Gita Piramal

Information on Grasim is from severalsources: S.D. Mehta's Cotton Mills, p 176; an interview with M.M. Sharma in 1997; G.D. Khanolkar's Walchand Hirachand, p 509. Gupta's quotes are in Bhupesh Bhandari's article, 'A tale of two companies' ...
Connect Collection: When I Am Quiet

Connect Collection: When I Am Quiet

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you--the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices

RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices

Bhakti Mehta

This book is aimed at novice developers who want to gain insights into building RESTful services and improve productivity, as well as for advanced developers who want to delve into more complicated topics.
Connect Collection: So and Pro

Connect Collection: So and Pro

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you--the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: Magic Word

Connect Collection: Magic Word

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you-the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: Ty the Shy Butterfly

Connect Collection: Ty the Shy Butterfly

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you'the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: Magnify Mike

Connect Collection: Magnify Mike

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you--the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: Bipsy and Basketball

Connect Collection: Bipsy and Basketball

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you--the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: The World Is My Family

Connect Collection: The World Is My Family

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you-the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.
Connect Collection: The Best Cabbie in New York

Connect Collection: The Best Cabbie in New York

Rupa Mehta

As part of the Connect Collection, this book is intended to be illustrated by you--the reader! As a parent and/or teacher, encourage your child and/or student to imagine what the characters in the story look like and bring them to life.

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