America Goes to School - Law, Reform, and Crisis in Public Education

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The State of Public Education
Public and Private Education
The Reform Movements
The Origins of Public Education
The Legacy of Racial Discrimination
Alternative Methods of Segregation: Bilingual and Special Education
School Violence and the Crisis in Due Process
Public School Financing and the Issue of Inequality
Conclusion: Can Our Public Schools Be Saved?
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

ROBERT M. HARDAWAY is a Professor of Law at the University of Denver College of Law. A frequent contributor to national and major regional newspapers and occasional media commentator, he is also the author of No Price Too High: Victimless Crimes and the Ninth Amendment (Praeger, 2003) and The Electoral College and the Constitution: The Case for Preserving Federalism (Praeger 1994), among other works.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hardaway, Hardaway Robert M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1995
• EAN: 9780275949518
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94951-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; USA, LAW / General, EDUCATION / Administration / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Social Law, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, Social law and Medical law, EDUCATION / Schools / General, Current Events and Issues: Education