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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yanushevsky, Rafael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Educational change--Government policy--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87586-836-3

OCLC:

714569708