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Public Education

出版	Facts on File, 1992
主題	Education / General
ISBN	08160210079780816021000
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=m0CLQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Upon his election, President George Bush declared himself the "education president," stressing the important role public education must play if the United States is to compete with other nations. Calling for serious reform in the nation's educational system, President Bush's education initiative--America 2000--rekindled the ongoing debate about what can and what should be done to improve public education in America. Although most Americans would agree with the president's objective, few would agree on how it should be achieved. What subjects should be taught in public schools? Who should teach them and how? How should public education be financed? What role, if any, should the federal government play?
Public Education addresses these and other issues as it explores the continuing debate over the state of public education in America. The book opens with an historical overview of our nation's education system. It examines how and why the restructuring of our nation's system of public education has become a top priority for politicians and educators alike. The author discusses how American schools evolved into their current form and structure, and explores the hopes, the shortcomings, the successes and the challenges that our nation's school system has faced since the early days of the common school.
The American Issues books offer clear and thoughtful introductions to some of the most important problems facing the United States in the 1990s. Each book includes an historical overview of the subject, plus objective discussions of specific problems and possible solutions. The volumes in the American Issues series do not advocate a particular point of view; rather, the aim is to examine different points of view and weigh their respective merits.