The Education Debate - What Everyone Needs to Know® (Paperback)

A compelling overview of the major debates in contemporary education policy. In statehouses, school boards, and communities across the US, battles are raging over the direction of education policy—from the standards that are shaping what students learn to how test results are being used to judge a teacher's performance. These battles are being waged against a backdrop of shifting demographics, rapidly developing technology, a transforming economy and workplace. What's more, the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting educators to rethink the school's mission in society. In The Education Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®, nationally recognized education authority David Kirp and Kevin Macpherson provide a balanced, accessible overview of the key policy and practice issues in pre k-12 education today. They expose the fault lines of the major debates—what values should guide education and how can those values best be incorporated in policy and practice. They focus on equity and equality of opportunity as well as the tension between market and bureaucratic mechanisms as drivers of school improvement. Many of the topics they address, including racial integration, charter schools, student rights and teachers' unions, are hotly contested. In an area where partisanship reigns, Kirp and Macpherson take an approach guided by research and not driven by ideology. A primer for educational policymakers and administrators, parents, and undergraduate and graduate students in education courses, The Education Debate offers a solid grasp of the major debates in contemporary education policy.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	What Everyone Needs To KnowRG
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	David Kirp (Professor of Public Policy) • Kevin Macpherson (Improvement Specialist)
Dimensions:	210 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-753132-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-753132-6
Barcode:	9780197531327

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