CHAPTER 1 The History and Political Goals of Public Schooling
Education Goals Are Controversial
Common Core State Standards Common Core State Standards: Protected or Prepared Childhood?
Impact of Educational Goals: Common Core Standards and Literacy
Should Schools Teach Political Values and Patriotism?
Censorship and American Political Values
The Fruits of Political Education
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 2 The Social Goals of Schooling
The Problem of Determining Moral Values: Religion and Secularism
Moral Values and Sex Education
School Values: LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Sexual Orientation)
Do Public Schools Reduce Crime?
School Crime: Student Violence
School Crime: Bullying and Cyberbullying
Promoting National Health: Nutrition
Promoting National Health: Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Building Community Through Extra-curricular Activities
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 3 Education And Equality of Opportunity
Schools and Equality of Opportunity
School Models for Equality of Opportunity
Testing and Skills as Predictors of Economic Conditions
Labor Market Bias: White Privilege: Gender, Race, Educational Attainment, and Income
Are Schools Contributing To The Rich Getting Richer and The Poor Getting Poorer?
Rich and Poor School Districts
Social Class and At-Risk Students
The End of the American Dream: School Dropouts
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 4 The Economic Goals of Schooling: Human Capital, Global Economy, and Preschool
Schooling and the Global Knowledge Economy
The Human Capital Education Paradigm and Lifelong Learning
Can Investment in Schools Grow the Economy?
Preschool, Human Capital Theory, and Soft Skills
Child-rearing and Social and Cultural Capital
Family Learning and School Success
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 5 Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs
The Legal Problem in Defining Race
Defining Race after the 1965 Immigration Act
The Fourteenth Amendment and Equality of Educational Opportunity
Public Law 94–142: Education For All Handicapped Children Act
Inclusion and No Child Left Behind
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
Global Migration and the Immigration Acts of 1965 and 1990
Mexican American Students and U.S. Schools
Native American Students and U.S. Schools
Asian American Students and U.S. Schools
Educational Attainment of Immigrants
Languages of School-age Children
Are U.S. Teachers Prepared for Language Diversity?
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 7 Multicultural and Multilingual Education
Global Migration of the World’s Peoples
Cultural Differences in Knowing and Seeing the World
Biculturalism: Collectivist and Individualist Societies
The Differences among Dominant, Dominated, and Immigrant Cultures
Empowerment through Multicultural Education: James Banks, Sonia Nieto, and Critical Pedagogy
Empowerment through Multicultural Education: Racism
Teaching an Anti-bias and Tolerance Curricula
Empowerment through Multicultural Education: Sexism
Educating for Economic Power: Lisa Delpit
Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition: No Child Left Behind
The End of Bilingual and Multicultural Education: English Language Acquisition Act of 2001 and the Common Core State Standards
Globalization: Language and Cultural Rights
Global Responses to Education of Linguistic and Cultural Minorities
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
PART TWO: POWER AND CONTROL IN AMERICAN EDUCATION
CHAPTER 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling
National Public School Choice Plan: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
For-profit Global Education Corporations
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels
Federal Influence Over Local School Policies
Federal and State Control Through High-stakes Tests and Academic Standards
Federal and State Mandated Tests and Equality of Opportunity
Does Federally Mandated High-stakes Testing Work? Is There a Lack of Longitudinal Research?
Does Federal Testing Policy Promote Unethical Behavior? Is Test Cheating Increasing?
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 10 The Profession of Teaching
The Changing Roles of American Teachers
No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top: Highly Qualified Teachers
Teachers’ Unions and Teacher Politics
A Brief History of the National Education Association (NEA)
A Brief History of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Assault on Teachers’ Unions’ Collective Bargaining Rights
Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter
CHAPTER 11 Globalization of Education
Dominant Global Educational Ideology: Human Capital and Consumerism
Skills: The New Global Currency
World Bank and Human Capital Education Theory
Shadow Education Industry and Cram Schools
Franchising the Shadow Education System
Conclusion: Long Life and Happiness