American Education by Spring, Joel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright BRIEF CONTENTS CONTENTS Preface PART ONE: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY

CHAPTER 1 The History and Political Goals of Public Schooling

Education Goals Are Controversial Historical Goals of Schooling Common Core State Standards Common Core State Standards: Protected or Prepared Childhood? Impact of Educational Goals: Common Core Standards and Literacy Political Goals of Schooling Should Schools Teach Political Values and Patriotism? Censorship and American Political Values Courts and Political Values The Fruits of Political Education Conclusion 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) Character Education 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 Conclusion 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 Education and Income 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 Tracking and Ability Grouping Social Reproduction Conclusion Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter

CHAPTER 4 The Economic Goals of Schooling: Human Capital, Global Economy, and Preschool

Human Capital Theory 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 The Perry Preschool Study Child-rearing and Social and Cultural Capital Family Learning and School Success Conclusion 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 Census and Race The Fourteenth Amendment and Equality of Educational Opportunity Desegregating Schools School Segregation Today Equal Education for Women Students with Disabilities Public Law 94–142: Education For All Handicapped Children Act Disability Categories Writing an IEP Inclusion UNESCO and Inclusion Inclusion and No Child Left Behind Conclusion Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter

CHAPTER 6 Student Diversity

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 and Schools Languages of School-age Children Are U.S. Teachers Prepared for Language Diversity? Conclusion Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter

CHAPTER 7 Multicultural and Multilingual Education

PART TWO: POWER AND CONTROL IN AMERICAN EDUCATION

CHAPTER 8 Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling

The Education Chair School Boards School Choice School Choice and Religion National Public School Choice Plan: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Charter Schools For-profit Global Education Corporations Home Schooling Online and Distance Learning Conclusion Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter

CHAPTER 9 Power and Control at State and National Levels

Federal Influence Over Local School Policies Categorical Federal Aid No Child Left Behind Race to the Top Student Privacy and Big Data Common Core State Standards 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? Conclusion 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 The Rewards of Teaching Teacher Turnover Teachers’ Unions and Teacher Politics A Brief History of the National Education Association (NEA) A Brief History of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Performance-based Pay Assault on Teachers’ Unions’ Collective Bargaining Rights Should Teachers Strike? Teachers’ Rights Teachers’ Liability Teachers’ Private Lives Conclusion 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 OECD and Human Capital Theory World Bank and Human Capital Education Theory Global Education Business Global Business and Global Testing Services: Standardization of Subjects and Global Intercultural English Shadow Education Industry and Cram Schools Franchising the Shadow Education System Conclusion: Long Life and Happiness Suggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter

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