Volume III · Managed Decline
Misdiagnosing the Problem
Research preview · manuscript under review
Examines claims about closing the U.S. Department of Education against the institutional structure of school finance and educational outcomes.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
Which parts of education governance actually control funding, access and outcomes?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects institutional design to the volume’s concern with the development of human capability.
Evidence and limits
Separate federal, state and local responsibilities and date any policy proposal. Evaluate actual funding and outcome mechanisms before attributing an education problem to a single institution.
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