The Rising State

The Rising StateExamines how federal and state governments have assumed ever greater control over the education process since the 1960s. State and national policymakers are increasingly important in shaping the nature, scope, and direction of education initiatives, resulting in the erosion of local control. The Rising State weaves together leading national experts' perspectives that focus on equity, comparative differences in state educational policies, agenda

and Esther’s brother

and philosophy offers unusually comprehensive perspectives on contemporary China—a "broad way to China

Born into the privilege of wealth and the renowned success of his ancestors

those of "Ch" notwithstanding

Alberto Foyo

This is the third volume in the final reports of the Tel Dan excavations

Nagui is best known for his poem al-Atlal (“the Ruins”)

On one hand

Nagendra sets out on a journey by boat down the river

Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material

This collection analyses the experience

With their bags packed and with the company of Jerome’s dog