The Resource The American dream and the public schools, Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick
The American dream and the public schools, Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick
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- 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 ..
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780195152784
- Label
- The American dream and the public schools
- Title
- The American dream and the public schools
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick
- Subject
-
- Educational equalization -- United States
- trueEducational policy
- trueEducational reform
- trueEqual education policy
- trueMulticultural education
- truePublic schools
- Public schools -- United States
- trueSociety and culture -- Education
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- trueAmerican dream
- Education and state -- United States
- Language
- eng
- 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 ..
- Summary
- Examines the issues facing public schools in America today in providing an equal opportunity education for its increasingly diverse population
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 268989
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hochschild, Jennifer L.
- Dewey number
- 371.01/0973
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1530
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- LC89
- LC item number
- .H63 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1530
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Scovronick, Nathan B.
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Education and state
- Educational equalization
- Public schools
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The American dream and the public schools, Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 16841139
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195152784
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002027848
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm50280018
- Label
- The American dream and the public schools, Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-290) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 16841139
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195152784
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2002027848
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm50280018
Subject
- Educational equalization -- United States
- trueEducational policy
- trueEducational reform
- trueEqual education policy
- trueMulticultural education
- truePublic schools
- Public schools -- United States
- trueSociety and culture -- Education
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- trueAmerican dream
- Education and state -- United States
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