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Public education is supposed to be the means by which all students acquire a chance to realize the American dream, and the place where they learn how to sustain the dream for future generations. In this insightful book, Jennifer Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick examine the American dream and find the source of many educational controversies in its multiple goals and internal contradictions. They show why some schools help children succeed and others do not, and what can be done about it. The book examines...

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...

"In this engaging book, Pedro Noguera provides a compelling vision of the problems plaguing urban schools and how to address them. "City Schools and the American Dream" is replete with insights from a scholar and former activist who makes great use of both personal and professional experiences."QWilliam Julius Wilson, Harvard University.

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Inclusion in the American Dream brings together leading scholars and policy experts on the topic of asset building, particularly as this relates to public policy. The typical American household accumulates most of its assets in home equity and retirement accounts, both of which are subsidized through the tax system. But the poor, for the most part, do not participate in these asset accumulation policies. The challenge is to expand the asset-based policy structure so that everyone is included.

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Compares and contrasts the two country's public school systems with particular atttention to the contrasting roles played by administrators, principals, teachers, parents, and even students in each system. The Japanese teacher is seen as the lynchpin in the effectiveness of the Japanese system. 16 pages, 46 footnotes, 28 bibliographic sources. $112

This digital document is an article from Independent Review, published by Independent Institute on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 1707 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public. Author: John D. Merrifield Publication: Independent Review...

This digital document is an article from American Economist, published by Omicron Delta Epsilon on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 4915 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: DO DOLLARS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND TEST SCORES IN PENNSYLVANIA'S PUBLIC...