Learning to School : : Federalism and Public Schooling in Canada /

Learning to School : : Federalism and Public Schooling in Canada / / Jennifer Wallner.

Among countries in the industrialized world, Canada is the only one without a national department of education, national standards for education, and national regulations for elementary or secondary schooling. For many observers, the system seems impractical and almost incoherent. But despite a tota...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
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Wallner, Jennifer,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2014
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Appendices
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: An Unexpected Policy Framework
  • 1. Defying the Odds I: Investments and Achievements in Canadian Elementary and Secondary Education
  • 2. Defying the Odds II: Provincial Education Policies
  • 3. Theorizing Policy Frameworks in Federations
  • 4. Founding and Consolidating Provincial Schooling (1840-1945)
  • 5. Universalizing Provincial Schooling (1945-1967)
  • 6. Individualizing Provincial Schooling (1967-1982)
  • 7. Standardizing Provincial Schooling (1982-2007)
  • Conclusion: Learning to School
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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