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The American Dream and the Public Schools

Name: The American Dream and the Public Schools
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780195176032
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Contributors:

Jennifer L. Hochschild, Nathan Scovronick

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Education, Law, Political Science

Book Subcategory:

Educational Policy & Reform, Educational Law & Legislation, Public Policy

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Release Date:

2004-10-21

ISBN 13:

9780195176032

Weight:

1.19 lbs

Size:

9.15 x 6.16 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

301

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The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems, 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 succeed and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how policies to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class, and often conflict with policies that are intended to benefit everyone. They propose a framework that builds on our nation's rapidly changing population in order to help Americans get past acrimonious debates about schooling. Their goal is to make public education work better so that all children can succeed.

About the Author
Jennifer Hochschild is Professor of Government at Harvard University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Afro-American Studies and the author of Facing Up to the American Dream. Nathan Scovronick teaches education policy and directs the undergraduate program at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

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