| Description |
290 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Frontiers in education |
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Frontiers in education.
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| Bibliography |
"The excellence debates: a select bibliography [by] Kowsar P. Chowdhury and Philip G. Altbach" p. 275-287. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly, and Lois Weis -- The great education "crisis" / Philip G. Altbach -- Setting the boundaries of debate about education / Gail P. Kelly -- Reflections on the great debate / Ernest L. Boyer -- Did the education commissions say anything? / Paul E. Peterson -- Political and economic analysis / Joel Spring -- Educational reports and economic realities / Michael W. Apple -- Main-traveled road or fast track : the liberal and technical in higher education reform / Sheila Slaughter -- The struggle for excellence in urban education / Richard C. Hunter -- Equality, equity, and excellence : a critique / Carl A. Grant and Christine E. Sleeter -- "... for the short and long term ..." / Rosemarie V. Rosen -- Curriculum and the school work culture / Dennis Carlson -- Teacher culture and the irony of school reform / Linda M. McNeil -- Teachers and reform / Albert Shanker -- "Excellence" and student class, race, and gender cultures / Lois Weis -- Educational reform and teacher education / Hugh G. Petrie -- Considerations : historical perspectives on reform in New York state / Gail P. Kelly and Maxine S. Seller -- The excellence debates : a select bibliography / Kowsar P. Chowdhury and Philip G. Altbach. |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education and state -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Altbach, Philip G.
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Kelly, Gail Paradise.
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Weis, Lois.
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| ISBN |
0879753013 (pbk.) |
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9780879753016 (pbk.) |
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0879752963 (hard) |
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9780879752965 (hard) |
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