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America's Public Schools
Author: William J. Reese Edition: updated edition Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Binding: Paperback ISBN: 1421400170 Price: You Save: 37%
America's Public Schools: From the Common School to "No Child Left Behind" (The American Moment)
In this update to his landmark publication, William J.America's Public Schools review. Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have shaped America’s public schools over the last two centuries.
Reese approaches this subject along two main lines of inquiry—education as a means for reforming society and ongoing reform within the schools themselves. He explores the roots of contemporary educational policies and places modern battles over curriculum, pedagogy, race relations, and academic standards in historical perspective.
A thoroughly revised epilogue outlines the significant challenges to public school education within the last five yearsRead full reviews of Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools.
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By the early twenty-first century, a startling consensus had emerged about the overall aim of American school reform. In an era of political discord, and in a field historically known for contentiousness, the notion of promoting educational excellence for all students was a distinct point of bipartisan agreement. Shaped by a corps of entrepreneurial reformers intent on finding "what works" and taking it to scale, this hybrid vision won over the nation's most ambitious and well-resourced policy leaders at foundations and nonprofits, in state and federal government, and in urban school districts
Categories: Academic achievement->United States, Public schools->United States->Finance, Academic achievement->United States. Contributors: Eric A. Hanushek - Author. Format: Hardcover
Despite measured success of American public schools, the media, politicians, and big business attack public schools and their teachers with inaccuracies that threaten the equal opportunities provided by public education. Research indicates that No ChildLeft Behind, charter schools, and vouchers do not improve students learning or help educators teach better. The book provide reasons to support American public schools and educators -- *Author: Brown, Dave F. *Subtitle: Reality vs. Negative Perceptions *Publication Date: 2011/12/09 *Number of Pages: 269 *Binding Type: Paperback *Language: Englis
Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids by Dave F. Brown Format Paperback Condition Brand New The successes of America's public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high s
Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have shaped America’s public schools over the last two centuries.
Reese approaches this subject along two main lines of inquiry—education as a means for reforming society and ongoing reform within the schools themselves. He explores the roots of contemporary educational policies and places modern battles over curriculum, pedagogy, race relations, and academic standards in historical perspective.
A thoroughly revised epilogue outlines the significant challenges to public school education within the last five years. Reese analyzes the shortcomings of "No Child Left Behind" and the continued disjuncture between actual school performance and the expectations of government officials. He discusses the intrusive role of corporations, economic models for enticing better teacher performance, the continued impact of conservatism, and the growth of home schooling and charter schools.
Informed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education.
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