Sacred trust [[electronic resource] ] : a children's education bill of rights / / Peter W. Cookson, Jr. ; foreword by Rudy Crew

• Autore: Cookson Peter W
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin; London, : SAGE, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 141 p.) : port
• Disciplina: 370.1
• Soggetto topico: Education - United States - Philosophy; Educational sociology - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Rights ; Resource 3 - Education and the Peace DividendResource 4 - Principles of Multicultural Education; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: '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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sacred trust
• ISBN: 1-4522-3838-3; 1-4522-2396-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779373303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II