A primer on America's schools / 
edited by Terry M. Moe. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University,  c2001. 
 - xxiii, 324 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Hoover Institution Press publication ;  no. 486 .
 - Hoover Institution Press publication;  486. .
<br/><br/> "An assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 education"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> American traditions of education /  The system /  Achievement in American schools /  Spending on schools /  If families matter most, where do schools come in? /  Getting better teachers- and treating them right /  Teachers unions and the public schools /  Curriculum and competence /  Standards and accountability /  Choice in American education /  What is public about public education? /  Diane Ravitch --  John E. Chubb --  Herbert J. Walberg --  Eric A. Hanushek --  Caroline M. Hoxby --  Chester E. Finn Jr. --  Terry M. Moe --  E.D. Hirsch Jr. --  Williamson M. Evers --  Paul E. Peterson --  Paul T. Hill. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0817952426 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0817952418 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001024650 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--United States.<br/>Educational change--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA 210  / .P677 2001