Thinking about Schools

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American Education
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Common Language
Common School Ideal
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Cross-grade Grouping
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Donald R. Warren
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Education System
educational inequality in US schools
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James T. Sears
Joe L. Kincheloe
John I. Goodlad
Jonathan Kozol
K.B. Rogers
Key Words
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LEP Student
Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Lambert
Linda McNeil
Lisa D. Delpit
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Lower Track Classes
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Mary Jean Ronan Herzog
Michael W. Apple
Michelle Fine
Nation's Public Schools
Nation’s Public Schools
NCLB Act
Paulo Freire
Phillip C. Schlechty
Professional Development
Project Start
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Product details

  • ISBN 9780813344904
  • Weight: 725g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Mar 2011
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book considers how American public education came to be the way it is today. It helps students to have a better sense of how the past informs the present and how questions regarding who is served best by the schools tell us about the goals and aspirations of present-day schools in America.
Eleanor Blair Hilty is an associate professor of education at Western Carolina University (WCU) in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She is the director of the MAED program in secondary education and teaches foundations of education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is a frequent visitor to Jamaica where she teaches Jamaican teachers enrolled in degree programs through WCU's Jamaica Program. Her research on teacher's work has extended over a twenty year period. This work has been presented at regional, national, and international conferences and published in various journals and books.

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