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_cDLC
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aLA 217.2
_bL438 1995
082 0 0 _a370
245 0 0 _aLearning from the past :
_bwhat history teaches us about school reform /
_cedited by Diane Ravitch and Maris A. Vinovskis.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c1995.
300 _axiv, 381 pages ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Changes in Education Over TimeChapter 1. Assimilation, Adjustment, and Access: An Antiquarian View of American EducationChapter 2. Who's in Charge? Federal, State, and Local ControlChapter 3. Attitudes, Choices, and Behavior: School DeliveryPart II: Equity and MulticulturalismChapter 4. Changing Conceptions of Educational EquityChapter 5. Ethnic Diversity and National IdentityChapter 6. American History Reconsidered: Asking New Questions About the PastPart III: Recent Strategies For Reforming the SchoolsChapter 7. The Search for Order and the Rejection of Conformity: Standards in American EDucationChapter 8. Reinventing SchoolingChapter 9. The New Politics of ChoicePart IV: The Six National GoalsChapter 10. School Readiness and Early Childhood EducationChapter 11. School Leaving: Dead End or Detour?Chapter 12. Rhetoric and Reality: The High School CurriculumChapter 13. Literate America: High-Level Adult Literacy as a National GoalChapter 14. Reefer Madness and A Clockwork OrangeContributors
520 _aThis text examines major changes in US educational development and reform, considering how such changes have been implemented in the past and warning against exaggerating their benefits. Issues covered include governance, equity and multiculturalism, curriculum standards and school choice.
650 0 _aEducational change
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aCambio educacional
_zEstados Unidos
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650 4 _aCambio educativo
_zEstados Unidos
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650 0 _aEducation
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 4 _aEducación
_xHistoria
_zEstados Unidos
_92427
650 0 _aEducation
_xAims and objectives
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aEducación
_xFines y objetivos
_zEstados Unidos
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700 1 _aRavitch, Diane
_q(Diane Silvers),
_d1938-
_95338
_eeditor
700 1 _aVinovskis, Maris A.,
_d1943-
_933636
_eeditor
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