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Dworkin, A. Gary – Sociology of Education, 2005
Central to sociology is the assumption that virtually all forms of social action and public policies have unanticipated consequences for their actors and social systems. Sociologists seek to explore these unanticipated consequences and delineate how they will affect people, policies, and practices. This essay focuses on the unanticipated…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Social Action
Ingersoll, Richard M. – Sociology of Education, 2005
Few educational problems have received more attention than has the failure to ensure that the nation's classrooms are staffed by qualified teachers. Many states have pushed for more-rigorous preservice teacher education, training, and certification standards. Moreover, a host of recruitment initiatives have attempted to increase the supply of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Employment Level, Elementary Secondary Education
Epstein, Joyce L. – Sociology of Education, 2005
Now in its third full school year of implementation, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been drawing praise and blame. It has been praised for its goals of increasing all students' learning, requiring disaggregated data to monitor the progress of major subgroups of students, and having high-quality teachers in all schools. It has been…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Academic Achievement