WASHINGTON VIEW: Why education doesn't work — an introduction. (October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ferguson, Maria
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 96:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 74
• Page End: 75
• Publication Date: 2014-10
• Subjects: Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721714553414
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

The author intended to write a column about how things work in education, using a popular book as a guide. But the more thought that went into it, its seemed the best way to describe the education world is in why things don't work. Briefly, education has four major sector levels: federal, state, local, and school. And they interact dysfunctionally with each other and in and among other civic and philanthropic groups and stakeholders.