Improving education in the US : a political paradox / Rafael Yanushevsky.

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Yanushevsky, Rafael

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9780875868363
0875868363

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Improving education in the US.DDC classification:

379.73 22

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LA217.2 .Y37 2011eb

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Contents:

Foreword; Chapter 1. The Wealth of a Nation; Chapter 2. The Founding Fathers and the History of Public Education; Chapter 3. Destiny's Child; Chapter 4. How the US Education System Works; Chapter 5. Education and Politics; Chapter 6. I Learn Therefore I Am; Chapter 7. Climbing To the Top; Chapter 8. Teach the Teacher; Chapter 9. A Parent's Job is Never Done; Chapter 10. Public Versus Private; Chapter 11. Charting the Way for Charter Schools; Chapter 12. System Approach to Educational Problems; Chapter 13. Improving the System of Higher Education; Chapter 14. Money Makes the World Go Around.

Appendix 1. Post-World War II American Nobel Prize LaureatesAppendix 2. A Hypothetical Curriculum for Basic Subjects; Afterword; Index.

Summary: US education is in crisis. This history and analysis of the education system is an essential primer for parents, teachers, and school administrators, as well as parent?teacher organizations, education majors, education administration majors, the media, politicians, and everyone who wants to see American schools do a better job.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Appendix 1. Post-World War II American Nobel Prize LaureatesAppendix 2. A Hypothetical Curriculum for Basic Subjects; Afterword; Index.

US education is in crisis. This history and analysis of the education system is an essential primer for parents, teachers, and school administrators, as well as parent?teacher organizations, education majors, education administration majors, the media, politicians, and everyone who wants to see American schools do a better job.

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