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Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial educational issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by James Wm. Noll.

Contributor(s): Noll, James Wm. (James William), 1932-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2006Edition: 13th expanded edDescription: xxii, 442 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0073191531 (pbk.); 9780073191539 (pbk.)Other title: Clashing views on controversial educational issuesSubject(s): Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States | Education -- United StatesDDC classification: 370.973 LOC classification: LA217.2 | .T35 2006
Contents:
pt. 1. Enduring issues -- Should schooling be based on social experiences? -- Should the curriculum be standardized for all? -- Should behaviorism shape educational practices? -- Should church-state separation be maintained? -- Should school attendance be compelled? -- pt. 2. Current fundamental issues -- Can "character education" reverse moral decline? -- Should multiculturalism permeate the curriculum? -- Can federal initiatives rescue failing schools? -- Do high-stakes assessments improve learning? -- Have public schools failed society? -- pt. 3. Current specific issues -- Has the Supreme Court reconfigured American education? -- Can charter schools revitalize public education? -- Have public schools adequately accommodated religion? -- Is full inclusion of disabled students desirable? -- Is size crucial to school improvement? -- Should bilingual education programs be abandoned? -- Does school violence warrant a zero-tolerance policy? -- Should homework be abolished? -- Should technology lead the quest for better schools? -- Can merit pay accelerate school improvement? -- Should alternative teacher training be encouraged? -- pt. 3 Bonus issues -- Can the public schools produce good citizens? -- Has resegregation diminished the impact of Brown?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Enduring issues -- Should schooling be based on social experiences? -- Should the curriculum be standardized for all? -- Should behaviorism shape educational practices? -- Should church-state separation be maintained? -- Should school attendance be compelled? -- pt. 2. Current fundamental issues -- Can "character education" reverse moral decline? -- Should multiculturalism permeate the curriculum? -- Can federal initiatives rescue failing schools? -- Do high-stakes assessments improve learning? -- Have public schools failed society? -- pt. 3. Current specific issues -- Has the Supreme Court reconfigured American education? -- Can charter schools revitalize public education? -- Have public schools adequately accommodated religion? -- Is full inclusion of disabled students desirable? -- Is size crucial to school improvement? -- Should bilingual education programs be abandoned? -- Does school violence warrant a zero-tolerance policy? -- Should homework be abolished? -- Should technology lead the quest for better schools? -- Can merit pay accelerate school improvement? -- Should alternative teacher training be encouraged? -- pt. 3 Bonus issues -- Can the public schools produce good citizens? -- Has resegregation diminished the impact of Brown?

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