Improving education in the US : a political paradox /

US education is in crisis. This history and analysis of the education system is an essential primer for parents, teachers, and school administrators, as well as parent?teacher organizations, education majors, education administration majors, the media, politicians, and everyone who wants to see Amer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yanushevsky, Rafael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2011.
Temas:
Public schools > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Educational change > Government policy > United States.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education > Aims and objectives
Education and state
Educational change > Government policy
Public schools
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Chapter 1. The Wealth of a Nation; Chapter 2. The Founding Fathers and the History of Public Education; Chapter 3. Destiny's Child; Chapter 4. How the US Education System Works; Chapter 5. Education and Politics; Chapter 6. I Learn Therefore I Am; Chapter 7. Climbing To the Top; Chapter 8. Teach the Teacher; Chapter 9. A Parent's Job is Never Done; Chapter 10. Public Versus Private; Chapter 11. Charting the Way for Charter Schools; Chapter 12. System Approach to Educational Problems; Chapter 13. Improving the System of Higher Education; Chapter 14. Money Makes the World Go Around.
  • Appendix 1. Post-World War II American Nobel Prize LaureatesAppendix 2. A Hypothetical Curriculum for Basic Subjects; Afterword; Index.

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