Helping parents understand schools : a different perspective on education and schooling in America

There is a great deal of misunderstanding about how schools in America function and what goes on in the typical classroom. Parents, even relatively young parents, perceive that public schools are just like when they attended. This faulty perception is held by a large portion of the general public. I...

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Main Author Furst, Lyndon G. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2017.
Subjects
Public schools > United States.
Education > Parent participation > United States.
Education > Administration > General.
Schools and pre-schools.
Educational administration and organization.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609505
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-687-2
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 214 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by bruce cooper
  • Author's preface
  • Dedication
  • Part one: Introduction. Genesis: In the beginning
  • Chapter 1. In defense of public education
  • Part two: Schools and the people in them
  • Chapter 2. Why children misbehave
  • Chapter 3. Important things children learn in school
  • Chapter 4. Testing and other such foolishness
  • Chapter 5. Parent involvement
  • Chapter 6. Life in the classroom
  • Part three: Matters of public policy
  • Chapter 7. School reform
  • Chapter 8. School choice
  • Chapter 9. State and federal challenges to local control
  • Chapter 10. School finance and financial management
  • Part four: Sensitive issues in public education
  • Chapter 11. Matters of race in public schools
  • Chapter 12. Religion in public schools
  • Epilogue. Acknowledgement. authors page.

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