The Great School Wars - A History of the New York City Public Schools

Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times

About the author

Diane Ravitch is Research Professor in the School of Education at New York University and holds the Herman and George R. Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution. She was an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education, and she serves on the National Assessment Governing Board. Her publications include Learning from the Past: What History Teaches Us about School Reform and City Schools: Lessons from New York (both available from Johns Hopkins), The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980, and Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms (forthcoming).

Product details

• Authors: Diane Ravitch, Ravitch Diane
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2000
• EAN: 9780801864711
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6471-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; New York, 20th Century, EDUCATION / Administration / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Organization & management of education, Social and cultural history, Educational administration and organization, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General, New York (state)