Hochschild, Jennifer L.,  1950-  <br/><br/>
The American dream and the public schools / 
Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2003. 
 - xii, 301 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-290) and index. 
<br/><br/>What Americans want from public schools<br/>School desegregation<br/>School finance reform<br/>School reform<br/>Choice 
<br/><br/> ... Examines ... desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, multicultural education, and ability grouping. These seem to be separate problems, but 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 pursue success and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how polices to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class ... The book also examines issues such as creationism and afrocentrism .. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195152786 (alk. paper) 9780195152784 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002027848 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education and state--United States.<br/>Educación y Estado --Estados Unidos<br/>Educational equalization--United States.<br/>Igualdad en la educación --Estados Unidos<br/>Public schools--United States.<br/>Escuelas públicas--Estados Unidos
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 89  / H685a 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.01/0973