The American dream and the public schools / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick.

By:

Hochschild, Jennifer L, 1950- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Scovronick, Nathan B, 1945- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780198034865
0198034865
1602565228
9781602565227
0195184343
9780195184341
9780195152784
0195152786
9780195176032
0195176030

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: American dream and the public schools.DDC classification:

371.01/0973 22

LOC classification:

LC89 .H63 2003eb

Other classification:

81.21
DI 1002
5,3

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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 ...

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-290) and index.

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... 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 ...

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