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Alternative schooling and school choice /
Provides views on multiple sides of curriculum and instruction issues in America's schools and offers more in-depth resources for further exploration. This volume examines alternative schooling and school choice, covering such issues as charter schools, for-profit schools, faith-based schools,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Debating issues in American education ;
volume 1. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Are charter schools a viable educational model as an alternative to public education?
- Do ethnocentric charter schools unconstitutionally discriminate on the basis of race and/or national origin?
- Should faith-based charter schools survive constitutional scrutiny?
- Are culturally specific charter schools an appropriate means of preserving Muslim identity?
- Is there any benefit to proprietary for-profit schools?
- Are publicly funded programs that afford parents the option of where to educate their children the most appropriate ways to promote educational choice?
- Should homeschooling be subject to greater state regulation in such areas as teacher qualifications and curricular content?
- Should the Jewish community in the United States provide Jewish day schools for all Jewish children as a means of preserving their Jewish identity?
- Do private, nonsectarian schools enhance student achievement?
- Do magnet schools enhance student achievement?
- Do single-sex classes and/or schools better address the needs of elementary and/or secondary school students?
- Is Head Start worth preserving?
- Are vocational education and apprenticeship programs valuable?
- Are year-round schools an appropriate way to improve student outcomes?
- Are Native American schools a viable means of enhancing student achievement?