| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-290) and index. |
| Contents |
What Americans want from public schools -- School desegregation -- School finance reform -- School reform -- Choice -- Separation and inclusion -- Challenging the American dream -- Public schools in the new America. |
| Summary |
... Examines ... desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, multicultural education, and ability grouping. These seem to be separate problems, but much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing: an apparent conflict ... between policies designed to promote each student's ability to pursue success and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how polices to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class ... The book also examines issues such as creationism and afrocentrism ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education and state -- United States.
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Education and state. |
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United States. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
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Public schools -- United States.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. |
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Public schools. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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Schulpolitik. |
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Öffentliche Schule. |
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Openbaar onderwijs. |
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Sociale ongelijkheid. |
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Onderwijsbeleid. |
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USA. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Scovronick, Nathan B., 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950- American dream and the public schools. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004, ©2003 0195152786 (OCoLC)56698115 |
| ISBN |
9780198034865 (electronic book) |
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0198034865 (electronic book) |
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1602565228 |
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9781602565227 |
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0195184343 (electronic book) |
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9780195184341 (electronic book) |
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9780195152784 (Cloth) |
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0195152786 (Cloth) |
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9780195176032 |
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0195176030 |
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