what history teaches us about school reform Ravitch, Diane (Diane Silvers) 1938- editor Vinovskis, Maris A. 1943- editor text bibliography mdu Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 1995 monographic eng

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xiv, 381 pages ; 24 cm. This text examines major changes in US educational development and reform, considering how such changes have been implemented in the past and warning against exaggerating their benefits. Issues covered include governance, equity and multiculturalism, curriculum standards and school choice. AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Changes in Education Over TimeChapter 1. Assimilation, Adjustment, and Access: An Antiquarian View of American EducationChapter 2. Who's in Charge? Federal, State, and Local ControlChapter 3. Attitudes, Choices, and Behavior: School DeliveryPart II: Equity and MulticulturalismChapter 4. Changing Conceptions of Educational EquityChapter 5. Ethnic Diversity and National IdentityChapter 6. American History Reconsidered: Asking New Questions About the PastPart III: Recent Strategies For Reforming the SchoolsChapter 7. The Search for Order and the Rejection of Conformity: Standards in American EDucationChapter 8. Reinventing SchoolingChapter 9. The New Politics of ChoicePart IV: The Six National GoalsChapter 10. School Readiness and Early Childhood EducationChapter 11. School Leaving: Dead End or Detour?Chapter 12. Rhetoric and Reality: The High School CurriculumChapter 13. Literate America: High-Level Adult Literacy as a National GoalChapter 14. Reefer Madness and A Clockwork OrangeContributors edited by Diane Ravitch and Maris A. Vinovskis. Includes bibliographical references. Educational change United States Cambio educacional Estados Unidos Cambio educativo Estados Unidos Education United States History Educación Historia Estados Unidos Education Aims and objectives United States Educación Fines y objetivos Estados Unidos LA 217.2 L438 1995 370 0801849217 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780801849213 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0801849209 (acid-free paper) 9780801849206 (acid-free paper) eng 940715 20240108124458.0 125706