A primer on America's schools / edited by Terry M. Moe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Hoover Institution Press publication ; 486.Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2001.Description: xxiii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0817952426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0817952418 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LA 210 .P677 2001
Contents:
American traditions of education / Diane Ravitch -- The system / John E. Chubb -- Achievement in American schools / Herbert J. Walberg -- Spending on schools / Eric A. Hanushek -- If families matter most, where do schools come in? / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Getting better teachers- and treating them right / Chester E. Finn Jr. -- Teachers unions and the public schools / Terry M. Moe -- Curriculum and competence / E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- Standards and accountability / Williamson M. Evers -- Choice in American education / Paul E. Peterson -- What is public about public education? / Paul T. Hill.
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"An assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 education"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American traditions of education / Diane Ravitch -- The system / John E. Chubb -- Achievement in American schools / Herbert J. Walberg -- Spending on schools / Eric A. Hanushek -- If families matter most, where do schools come in? / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Getting better teachers- and treating them right / Chester E. Finn Jr. -- Teachers unions and the public schools / Terry M. Moe -- Curriculum and competence / E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- Standards and accountability / Williamson M. Evers -- Choice in American education / Paul E. Peterson -- What is public about public education? / Paul T. Hill.

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