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A primer on America's schools
- 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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- Description
- xxiii, 324 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 486
- Uniform Title
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 486.
- Subjects
- 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. 486Hoover 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