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Clear, concise, and authoritative - compact and affordable, too - with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, "American Education" brings up-to-date information and challenging perspectives to teacher educators' classrooms. This edition provides thorough coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act, a review of drug testing and vouchers, a new discussion of academic testing, and coverage of the Commission on Excellence in Special Education.


Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.54 x 9 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072930993
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Print length: 336 pages
Publication date: April 16, 2003
ISBN-13: 978-0072930993
Edition: 11th
subtitle: 11th Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Joel Spring Page search results Joel Spring
review: Editorial Reviews About the Author Joel Spring, professor of education at the New School University, received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin. His father was born a citizen of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory prior to the abolishment of the Choctaw government and the creation of Oklahoma. Professor Spring’s current interest in Native American culture and history is a reflection of his Indian background. His major research interests are the history of education, multicultural education, Native American culture, and the politics of education. Professor Spring is the author of many books including The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples; Images of American Life: A History of Ideological Management in Schools, Movies, Radio, and Television; and Political Agendas for Education: From the Christian Coalition to the Green Party. For McGraw-Hill Professor Spring has authored American Education; Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Socrates to Human Rights; The Intersection of Cultures: Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy; Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States, and Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education.