The Schools We Deserve
by Ravitch, DianeFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1987-03-04
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary
The author ofThe Troubled Crusadeand other important books and writings on education brings her own blend of sanity, common sense, and commitment to excellence to the problems of the nation's schools.
Author Biography
Diane Ravitch is adjunct professor of history and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Forgetting the Questions: the Problem of Educational Reform | p. 27 |
| The Schools We Deserve | p. 45 |
| The Continuing Crisis: Fashions in Education | p. 58 |
| Bring Literature and History Back to Elementary Schools | p. 75 |
| American Education: Has the Pendulum Swung Once Too Often? | p. 80 |
| Scapegoating the Teachers | p. 90 |
| the Meaning of the New Coleman Report | p. 100 |
| From History to Social Studies: Dilemmas and Problems | p. 112 |
| Curriculum in Crisis: Connections Between Past and Present | p. 133 |
| Is Education Really a Federal Issue? | p. 151 |
| 60s Education, 70s Benefits | p. 157 |
| The Case of Tuition Tax Credits | p. 161 |
| The Uses and Misuses of Tests | p. 172 |
| On the History of Minority Group Education in the United States | p. 182 |
| Integration, Segregation, Pluralism | p. 208 |
| Desegregation: Varieties of Meaning | p. 226 |
| Color-Blind or Color-Conscious? | p. 249 |
| Politicization and the Schools: the Case of Bilingual Education | p. 260 |
| A Good School | p. 275 |
| On Thinking About the Future | p. 295 |
| Prospects | p. 309 |
| Notes | p. 317 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 323 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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