This volume provides a comprehensive and balanced survey of the state of American public education. It examines the trend in the quality of the public schools o

Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a declin

The updated edition of a highly-regarded work in educational studies.

How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the A

The unknown history of American public education. At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story