The American dream and the public schools:
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Main Author: Hochschild, Jennifer L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2004, ©2003
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-290) and index
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
... 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 ..
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 301 pages)
ISBN:0195176030
0195184343
0198034865
1602565228
9780195176032
9780195184341
9780198034865
9781602565227

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