The rise and fall of American public schools [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of public education in the twentieth century / / Robert J. Franciosi

• Autore: Franciosi Robert J
• Pubblicazione: Westport, CT, : Praeger, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.01/0973
• Soggetto topico: Education - United States - History - 20th century; Public schools - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 movem
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise and fall of American public schools
• ISBN: 1-282-40877-1; 9786612408779; 0-313-05717-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454957003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II