02638nam 22005774a 450 991045495700332120200520144314.01-282-40877-197866124087790-313-05717-6(CKB)1000000000821352(EBL)497067(OCoLC)547350798(SSID)ssj0000342461(PQKBManifestationID)11947756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342461(PQKBWorkID)10285381(PQKB)11255493(MiAaPQ)EBC497067(Au-PeEL)EBL497067(CaPaEBR)ebr10349612(CaONFJC)MIL240877(EXLCZ)99100000000082135220040212d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise and fall of American public schools[electronic resource] the political economy of public education in the twentieth century /Robert J. FranciosiWestport, CT Praeger20041 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-97687-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.A century of progress? : resources and outcomes in public education -- The school productivity puzzle -- Creating the American high school -- No choice and no voice : the erosion of local control -- Reforming American education.This volume provides a comprehensive and balanced survey of the state of American public education. It examines the trend in the quality of the public schools over the past 100 years, and reviews the possible reasons for a decline in quality. The work focuses on the importance of local control in American public education and how it has been steadily eroded. Franciosi advocates school choice as a way of restoring greater control by parents over their children's schools. This work is distinct among calls of reform in that it takes a skeptical attitude towards the centralized school reform movemEducationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPublic schoolsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.EducationHistoryPublic schoolsHistory371.01/0973Franciosi Robert J912695MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454957003321The rise and fall of American public schools2044024UNINA