| Description |
1 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
v. 1. A-K -- v. 2. L-Z. |
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Academic freedom for K-12 teachers -- Accountability -- Afterschool programs -- Alternative schools -- Alternatives to schooling -- Art education -- Assessment -- Bilingual education -- Bullying -- Business and corporate involvement -- Character education -- Charter schools -- Children's and student's rights -- citizenship education -- Civil rights -- Class size -- Clothing and school uniforms -- Commercialization of schools -- Compulsory schooling -- Creationism, intelligent design, and evolution -- Critical pedagogy -- Culturally relevant education -- Curriculum -- Desegregation -- Discipline -- Dropouts -- Drug use and prevention -- Early childhood education -- E-learning -- English language learners -- Evaluation -- Finance -- Foreign language education -- Foundations and schools -- GED (General Educational Development) Credential -- Gender -- Gifted and talented education -- Global education -- Government role in schooling -- Grading policies -- Head Start -- Homeless children and schools -- Homeschooling -- Homework -- Human development -- Inclusive schooling -- Integrated mental health services in schools -- International comparisons of student achievement -- Knowledge -- Leadership -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer youth -- Literacy education -- Mathematics education -- Media and schools -- Mental health -- Middle schools -- Military in schools -- Moral education -- Motivation and learning -- Multiculturalism -- No Child Left Behind (NCLB) -- Nutrition in schools -- Parental involvement in schools -- Pedagogy -- Physical education -- Popular culture and schools -- Progressivism -- Purpose of schools -- Race, racism, and colorblindness in schools -- Religion and public schooling -- Retention in grade -- Rural schools -- Safety and security in schools -- School choice -- School counseling -- Science education -- Sexuality education -- Single-sex schools -- Small schools -- Social studies education -- Sports in schools -- Standardized testing -- Teacher education -- Teacher knowledge -- Teacher licensure -- Teacher unions -- Teaching -- Technology and schooling -- Textbooks -- Time in school -- Tracking -- Urban education -- Youth activism. |
| Summary |
No topic sparks an argument faster among the American public, even with relatively apolitical people, than how their children are taught. In schools across the country, school boards, parents, teachers, and students themselves debate issues ranging from charter schools, to the first amendment rights of students, to the efficacy of the No Child Left Behind Act. School districts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have seen battles over the teaching of evolution; places as diverse as Colorado, Washington, and Kentucky have had debates over how best to protect children while at school. Battleground: Schools provides an in-depth, balanced overview of these controversial topics and enables teachers, students, and their parents to better understand the foundations of these conflicts. - from publisher description. |
| Subject |
Education -- United States -- History.
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Public schools -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Mathison, Sandra.
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Ross, E. Wayne, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780313339417 (set : alk. paper) |
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0313339414 (set : alk. paper) |
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9780313339424 (v. 1 : alk. paper) |
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0313339422 (v. 1 : alk. paper) |
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9780313339431 (v. 2 : alk. paper) |
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0313339430 (v. 2 : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
2584577 |
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