Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Stanford, Calif : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Moe, Terry M.
• Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.

Description

xxiii, 324 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 486

Uniform Title

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 486.

Subjects

• Education > United States
• Educational change > United States

Note

• "An assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 education"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 02-9913

ISBN

• 0817999426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0817999418 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001024650

OCLC

46731154

Title

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

Imprint

Stanford, Calif : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2001.

Series

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 486

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 486.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Moe, Terry M.

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.

Research Call Number

JFE 02-9913