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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814684803321

Titolo

Our schools and our future : --are we still at risk? / / edited by Paul E. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif. : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-8179-3928-8

0-8179-3923-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 378 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

PetersonPaul E

Disciplina

370/.973

Soggetti

Education - United States

Educational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover ""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword  John Raisian""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface  Paul E. Peterson""; "". . . Are We Still At Risk?""; ""Findings and Recommendations  Koret Task Force on K-12 Education""; ""Part One - ""A Nation At Risk"" : Then and Now ""; ""1.  A Historic Document  Diane Ravitch""; ""2.  Little Gain in Student Achievement  Paul E. Peterson""; ""3.  What Has Changed and What Has Not  Caroline M. Hoxby""; ""4.  Minority Children at Risk  Paul Hill, Kacey Guin, and Mary Beth Celio""

""5.  The Importance of School Quality  Eric A. Hanushek"" ""Part Two  Why So Little Was Reformed ""; ""6.  The Politics of the Status Quo  Terry M. Moe""; ""7.  Teacher Reform Gone Astray  Chester E. Finn Jr.""; ""8.  The Curricular Smorgasbord  Williamson M. Evers and Paul Clopton""; ""9.  Neglecting the Early Grades  E. D. Hirsch Jr.""; ""Part Three  Getting Serious ""; ""10.  Real Accountability  Herbert J. Walberg""; ""11.  Real Choice   John E. Chubb""; ""Index""