The National Society for the Study of Education
Officers of the Society
The Society's Committee on Policy Making in Education
Associated Contributors
Editors' Preface by Ann Lieberman and Milbrey W. McLaughlin
Acknowledgment
I. A Useable Past: Using History in Educational Policy
Elisabeth Hansot and David Tyack
II. Public Policy and the Handicapped: The Case of Mainstreaming
Seymour B. Sarason and John Doris
III. The Courts and Educational Policy
Louis Fischer
IV. Child Development Knowledge and Educational Practice: Using What We Know
Edward Zigler and Sharon L. Kagan
V. The Policy Implications of Status Variables and Schooling
VI. Bridging the Gap: Policy Research Rooted in Practice
Gene E. Hall and Susan F. Loucks
VII. Strategic Choice in Federal Education Policy: The Compliance-Assistance Trade-Off
Richard F. Elmore and Milbrey W. McLaughlin
VIII. Progress and Problems: The Paradox of State Reform
Jerome T. Murphy
IX. Research on Teaching: Policy Implications for Teacher Education
Karen Kepler Zumwalt
X. Practice Makes Policy: The Tensions of School Improvement
Ann Lieberman
Name Index
Subject Index
Information About Membership in the Society
Publications of the Society