American Dream and Public SchoolsOxford University Press, 6 мар. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 320 The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems, 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 succeed and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how policies to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class, and often conflict with policies that are intended to benefit everyone. They propose a framework that builds on our nation's rapidly changing population in order to help Americans get past acrimonious debates about schooling. Their goal is to make public education work better so that all children can succeed. |
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3 School Finance Reform | 52 |
4 School Reform | 77 |
5 Choice | 107 |
6 Separation and Inclusion | 133 |
7 Challenging the American Dream | 168 |
8 Public Schools in the New America | 191 |
Notes | 202 |
References | 239 |
Index | 291 |
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Стр. 93 - If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
Стр. 29 - Such considerations apply with added force to children in grade and high schools. To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
Стр. 143 - ... special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of handicapped children from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the handicap is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily...
Стр. 17 - American people have always regarded education and [the] acquisition of knowledge as matters of supreme importance." Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 US 390, 400 (1923). We have recognized "the public schools as a most vital civic institution for the preservation of a democratic system of government,
Стр. 31 - We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.
Стр. 93 - Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world.
Стр. 17 - To understand his duties to his neighbors and country, and to discharge with competence the functions confided to him by either...
Стр. 42 - We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result.
Стр. 17 - To know his rights; to exercise with order and justice those he retains; to choose with discretion the fiduciary of those he delegates; and to notice their conduct with diligence, with candor, and judgment; And, in general, to observe with intelligence and faithfulness all the social relations under which he shall be placed.