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Author:

Brand, Philip, 1985-

Title:

The neighbor's kid : a cross-country journey in search of what education means to Americans / Philip Brand.

Publisher:

Capital Research Center,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 180 p. : ill., col. map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Schools--United States.
Education--United States--Public opinion.
Public opinion--United States.
Educational surveys--United States.
Brand, Philip,--1985---Travel--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Fall in New England (September 3-September 22) -- Small schools in big sky country (September 24-October 22) -- Across the Great Plains: timeless wisdom and magnet schools (October 24- November 21) -- Education along I-95: band, basketball, busing, and a weekend with the southern comfort (January 24-February 25) -- Swinging through the sunshine states (February 26-April 1) -- Homeward bound: pride and provincialism (April 2-May 13).

Summary:

"Surveys American elementary and secondary education and reports conversations with teachers, parents and students in forty-nine states"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1892934159 (pbk.)
9781892934154 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)606052804

LCCN:

2010012046

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)