02668nam 2200553 a 450 991077937330332120161219111551.01-4522-3838-31-4522-2396-3(CKB)2550000000108130(EBL)996523(OCoLC)809772090(SSID)ssj0000705908(PQKBManifestationID)12329347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000705908(PQKBWorkID)10626576(PQKB)11262521(OCoLC)808342281(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083348(MiAaPQ)EBC996523(EXLCZ)99255000000010813020120427d2011 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSacred trust[electronic resource] a children's education bill of rights /Peter W. Cookson, Jr. ; foreword by Rudy CrewThousand Oaks, Calif. Corwin ;London SAGEc20111 online resource (xv, 141 p.) portDescription based upon print version of record.1-4522-1960-5 1-4129-8116-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.Contents; Foreword; About the Author; Introduction: A Measure of Our Soul; 1 - The Power of People and the Purpose of Public Education; 2 - The Right to a Safe, Healthy, World-Class Public School; 3 - The Cultural and Individual Rights of Students; 4 - The Right to High Quality Instruction and School Leadership; 5 - The Right to World-Class 21st-Century Cuirriculum and Technology; 6 - The Right to Equality of Educational Opportunity; 7 - The Right to 21st-Century Government; Resource 1: The Historic Issue of Equity and Excellence; Resource 2 - The Virginia Declaration of RightsResource 3 - Education and the Peace DividendResource 4 - Principles of Multicultural Education; References; Index'Sacred Trust' argues that equality of educational opportunity is today's great civil rights issue, it demonstrates, through the use of vivid storytelling and relevant research, how a collective, national vision is needed in order to achieve world class schooling for our children in this century.EducationUnited StatesPhilosophyEducational sociologyUnited StatesEducationPhilosophy.Educational sociology370.1Cookson Peter W1571414StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910779373303321Sacred trust3845807UNINA