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In this update to his landmark publication, William J. Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have shaped America�
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Authors: Christopher A. Lubienski
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-07 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played ou
Library Book, The: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools
Language: en
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It's often said a child's lifelong love of reading begins at home. But declining literacy rates among the nation's public elementary school students suggests th
Public Schools in Hard Times
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Testing Wars in the Public Schools
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Written tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became