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The Transformation of Great American School Districts
How Big Cities Are Reshaping Public Education
by William Lowe Boyd, Mark Blyth, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Harvard Education Press
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by Harvard Education Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-891792-92-2, ISBN: 1-891792-92-X

"In "The Transformation of Great American School Districts," William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, and Mark Blyth argue that urban education reform can best be understood as a long process of institutional change, rather than as a series of failed projects. They examine the core assumptions that underlay the Progressive Era model of public education apolitical governance, local control, professional hierarchy, and the logic of conf ..."

Austerity
The History of a Dangerous Idea
by Mark Blyth, Fred Stella
Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio
Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Sacd, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-5226-6980-7, ISBN: 1-5226-6980-9

"Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts austerity to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of gover ..."