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Author:

Toch, Thomas.

Title:

In the name of excellence : the struggle to reform the nation's schools, why it's failing, and what should be done / Thomas Toch.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

viii, 325 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Public schools--United States--History--20th century.
Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education and state--United States.
Educational change--United States.
Écoles publiques--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
Éducation--Politique gouvernementale--États-Unis.
Enseignement--Réforme--États-Unis.
Education--Aims and objectives.
Education and state.
Educational change.
Public schools.
United States.
Public schools--United States--History--20th century.
Education--United States--Aims and objectives.
Education and state--United States.
Educational change--United States.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index. "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1992."

Contents:

Part I. Origins. The nation responds -- In the name of excellence -- Texas : the reform battle in the states, writ large -- Part II. Report card. The new basics : crisis in the classroom -- Blue collar? or white? the AFT, the NEA, and teacher reform -- The coins of the realm : the paradox of standardized testing -- Part III. A further agenda. Conant was wrong : the human side of schools.

ISBN:

9780195057614
0195057619
9780195077179
0195077172

OCLC:

(OCoLC)27120576

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)