Our schools and our future : --are we still at risk? / edited by Paul E. Peterson ; members of the Task Force on K-12 Education, John E. Chubb ... [et al.].
"An assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Are we still at risk? Findings and recommendations / Koret task force on K-12 education -- pt. 1. "A nation at risk": then and now. A historic document / Diane Ravitch ; Little gain in student achievement / Paul E. Peterson ; What has changed and what has not / Caroline M. Hoxby ; Minority children at risk / Paul Hill, Kacey Guin, and Mary Beth Celio ; The importance of school quality / Eric A. Hanushek -- pt. 2. Why so little was reformed. The politics of the status quo / Terry M. Moe ; Teacher reform gone astray / Chester E. Finn Jr. ; The curricular smorgasbord / Williamson M. Evers and Paul Clopton ; Neglecting the early grades / E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- pt. 3. Getting serious. Real accountability / Herbert J. Walberg ; Real Choice / John E. Chubb.
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