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050			_aLC 191.4 .S684 2002
100			_aSpring, Joel _eauthor
245		0	_aAmerican education / _cJoel Spring
250			_aTENTH EDITION
260			_aBoston, Massachusetts : _bMcGraw Hill Education, _cc2002
300			_axiv, 305 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart 1. The school and the social order -- The purposes of public schooling -- The profession of teaching -- Teachers' unions and teacher politics -- Equality of opportunity and social class -- Equality of educational opportunity: race, gender, and special needs -- Student diversity -- Multicultural education Part 2. Power and control in American education -- Local control, home schooling, choice, charter schools, privatization, and commercialism -- Power and control at the state and national levels: accountability, high-stakes testing, school violence, the reading and math wars, and private foundations -- Textbooks, curriculum, internet e-learning, and instruction -- The courts and the schools.
520			_aI changed several chapters in this edition to provide a more focused discussion f student diversity, social class, race, and federal and state control of education. addition, 1 updated all chapters and added new sections to several chapters. , this new edition, Chapter 4 concentrates on the issue of equality of opportunity and social class and Chapter 5 focuses on equality of educational opportunity as related to race, gender, and special needs. Chapter 6 is a new chapter on e diverse student population of U.S. schools. I have combined previous chapters on state and federal control into a new Chapter 9 titled "Power and Control the State and National Levels: Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, School Violence, the Reading and Math Wars, and Private Foundations." In addition, I have added a new section "The Internet and E-Learning" to Chapter 10.The following is a summary of these changes.
650			_aEDUCATIONAL IN POLITICAL ASPECTS
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