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American Education | 
 enlarge | Author: Joel Spring
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3671
Media: Paperback
Edition: 13
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0073525944
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.973
EAN: 9780073525945
ASIN: 0073525944
Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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Condition: Minor wear, has library stamps on top and side of text, no writing or other markings
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Clear, concise, and authoritative#xFFFD;compact and affordable, too#xFFFD;with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, iAmerican Education/i brings up-to-date information and challenging perspectives to teacher educators#xFFFD; classrooms. Revised every two years, iAmerican Education/i provides a fresh, concise, and up-to-date introduction to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. This edition introduces a new chapter reference guide to the No Child Left Behind Act, provides a fresh look at multiculturalism and multilingualism, and presents a new discussion of the link between schooling and the growing gap between rich and poor..
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Excellent analysis of the US education system May 14, 2008
diana Mackin
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a private college text, shared with the whole family, in addition to its use in the classroom. With the exception of some odd attributions to working class people (who are said to "act powerless" and view attempts at negotiations by children as 'sassing' or 'talking back'), possibly a misinterpretation of Annette Lareau's words, this working class family has enjoyed the book tremendously. The book offers the depth of insight necessary to anyone who teaches now or is planning on going into teaching.
 Good Stuff! September 18, 2007
Z. Frame (Charleston, West Virginia)
This book is a very dense read, but it was required for my EDF 475 class... so I needed nonetheless. Once you get past the way the text is written, it's really not so bad.
American Education August 1, 2007
ANSSO (Seabrook, TX USA)
This book helped me learn a little more about American Education and some of its "ins and outs". br /I was surprised by the things I thought were true that were not. It is a great book for a student of Education (graduate students usually are required to read it at some point)
grad student July 20, 2007
amazon fan
Very useful text for my graduate level course. Up-to-date information throughout the book, as well as historical aspects of education.
 Infuriating September 30, 2006
MARK DEBELLIS
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's hard to have much confidence in a book that is so obviously slanted toward a particular agenda. For example, in the discussion of tracking, Spring cites one study that found "few benefits" of tracking, but makes no mention of other studies that found benefits to students of various levels (Loveless, 1999; Epstein MacIver, 1992). This is political correctness with a vengeance, and I would not rely on this biased and polemical book to become informed about the issues.
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