A compelling overview of the major debates in contemporary education policy.In statehouses, school boards, and communities across the US, battles are raging over the direction of education policy¿from the standards that are shaping what students learn to how test results are being used to judge a teacher''s performance. These battles are being waged against a backdrop of shifting demographics, rapidly developing technology, a transforming economy and workplace. What''s more, the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting educators to rethink the school''s mission in society. In The Education Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know¿, nationally recognized education authority David Kirp and Kevin Macpherson provide a balanced, accessible overview of the key policy and practice issues in pre k-12 education today. They expose the fault lines of the major debates¿what values should guide education and how can those values best be incorporated in policy and practice. They focus on equity and equality of opp
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A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail.Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of...
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Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? The Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century seem like weak and forgettable leaders, but they hold the key to answering this question precisely because of their supposed impotence....
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