03686nam 2200805Ia 450 991045177010332120200520144314.00-19-756191-81-60256-522-81-280-50193-697866105019390-19-803486-5(CKB)1000000000449771(EBL)316385(OCoLC)476107014(SSID)ssj0000102025(PQKBManifestationID)12033603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102025(PQKBWorkID)10050582(PQKB)10261978(SSID)ssj0000080031(PQKBManifestationID)11107820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000080031(PQKBWorkID)10075831(PQKB)11011473(MiAaPQ)EBC316385(StDuBDS)EDZ0002338779(MiAaPQ)EBC272798(MiAaPQ)EBC4963941(Au-PeEL)EBL316385(CaPaEBR)ebr10085454(OCoLC)466433770(Au-PeEL)EBL4963941(CaONFJC)MIL50193(OCoLC)1027142858(EXLCZ)99100000000044977120020726d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American dream and the public schools[electronic resource] /Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan ScovronickNew York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (316 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2003.0-19-517603-0 0-19-515278-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-290) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Americans Want from Public Schools; 2. School Desegregation; 3. School Finance Reform; 4. School Reform; 5. Choice; 6. Separation and Inclusion; 7. Challenging the American Dream; 8. Public Schools in the New America; Notes; References; Index; 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.Oxford scholarship online.Education and stateUnited StatesEducational equalizationUnited StatesPublic schoolsUnited StatesElectronic books.Education and stateEducational equalizationPublic schools371.01/0973Hochschild Jennifer L.1950-1032307Scovronick Nathan B.1945-1032308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451770103321The American dream and the public schools2450094UNINA