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020 _a0070605513 (acidfree paper)
020 _a9780070605510
082 0 0 _a370.973
_bSPR
100 1 _aSpring, Joel H.
245 1 0 _aAmerican education /
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_cc1994.
300 _axiv, 298 p. ;
505 _aPart 1 The school and the social order: the purposes of public schooling; the profession of teaching; teachers' unions and teacher politics; the social structure and American education; equality of educational opportunity; multicultural education. Part 2 Power and control in American education: power and control in the local school district; power and control at the state level; power and control at the national level; curriculum, instruction and textbooks; the courts and the schools.
520 _aThis work introduces students to the historical, political, social and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching. The text is designed to challenge students to analyze and to ask questions about the role of schooling in American society.
650 0 _aEducation
650 0 _aEducation
650 0 _aEducational equalization
650 0 _aEducation and state
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