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04387aam a2200481 i 4500 001 A3F1BE9A129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201020010019 008 190424t20202020nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019007877 020 $a 0367222655 020 $a 9780367222659 020 $a 0367222647 020 $a 9780367222642 035 $a (OCoLC)1100445014 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d NDD $d YUS $d MTG $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 04 $a LC191.4 $b .S684 2020 082 00 $a 306.430973 $2 23 100 1 $a Spring, Joel H., $e author. 245 10 $a American education / $c Joel Spring. 250 $a 19th edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, $c 2020. 300 $a xv, 315 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 1 $a Preface -- PART ONE: School and Society -- Chapter 1. The History and Political Goals of Public Schooling -- Chapter 2. The Social Goals of Schooling -- Chapter 3. Education and Equality of Opportunity -- Chapter 4. The Economic Goals of Schooling: Human Capital, Global Economy, and Preschool -- Chapter 5. Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs -- Chapter 6. Student Diversity -- Chapter 7. Multicultural and Multilingual Education -- PART TWO Power and Control in American Education -- Chapter 8. Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and Home Schooling -- Chapter 9. Power and Control at State and National Levels -- Chapter 10. The Profession of Teaching -- Chapter 11. Globalization of Education. 520 $a Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system--with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source--Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. In his signature straightforward, concise approach to describing complex issues, he illuminates events and topics that are often overlooked or whitewashed, giving students the opportunity to engage in critical thinking about education. Students come away informed on the latest topics, issues, and data and with a strong knowledge of the forces shaping the American educational system. Thoroughly updated throughout, the new edition of this clear, authoritative text remains fresh and up-to-date, reflecting the many changes in education that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition. Topics and issues addressed and analyzed include: The decline of the Common Core State Standards, particularly as result of a Republican-controlled administration currently in place; Increasing emphasis on for-profit education, vouchers, charter schools, and free-market competition between schools, expected to surge with the appointment of the new U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos; Current debates about immigration and "Dreamers"--New statistics on immigrant education, discussion of education proposals to accommodate the languages, cultures, and religions of newly arrived immigrants; New education statistics on school enrollments, dropouts, education and income, school segregation, charter schools, and home languages; The purposes of education as presented in the 2016 platforms of the Republican, Democratic, Green, and Libertarian parties; Discussions around transgender students. 650 0 $a Education $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Education $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Educational equalization $z United States. 650 0 $a Education and state $z United States. 650 7 $a Education and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902835 650 7 $a Education $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902728 650 7 $a Education $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902773 650 7 $a Educational equalization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00903418 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781000012514 830 0 $a Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024803.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A3F1BE9A129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search