American Education / Joel Spring

CONTENT

Ch. 1. The Purposes of Public Schooling
Ch. 2. The Profession of Teaching
Ch. 3. Teachers' Unions and Teacher Politics
Ch. 4. The Social Structure and American Education
Ch. 5. Equality of Educational Opportunity
Ch. 6. Multicultural Education
Ch. 7. Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Privatization
Ch. 8. Power and Control at the State Level
Ch. 9. Power and Control at the National Level
Ch. 10. The Politics of Curriculum, Instruction, and Textbooks
Ch. 11. The Courts and the Schools
Postscript: Contract With America.
1. The goals of public schooling
2. Education and equality of opportunity
3. Equality of educational opportunity : race, gender, and special needs
4. Student diversity
5. Multicultural and multilingual education
6. Local control, choice, charter schools, home schooling, and commercialism
7. Power and control at the state and national levels : high-stakes testing, school violence, reading wars, and private foundations
8. The profession of teaching
9. Textbooks, curriculum, e-learning, and instruction
10. The courts and the schools.
Machine derived contents note: Part One
SCHOOL AND SOCIETY
1. The Goals of Public Schooling 3
2. Education and Equality of Opportunity 34
3. Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender,
and Special Needs 67
4. Student Diversity 103
5. Multicultural Education 132
Part Two
POWER AND CONTROL IN AMERICAN EDUCATION
6. Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Commercialism 155
7. Power and Control at the State and National Levels:
High-Stakes Testing, School Violence, the Reading
and Math Wars, and Private Foundations 186
8. The Profession of Teaching 217
9. Textbooks, Curriculum, E-Learning, and Instruction 254
10. The Courts and the Schools 286.

Includes bibliographical references and index.