| Description |
xix, 284 pages : 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Multiculturalism: A Conversation Among Different Voices -- Taking Multucultural, Anti-racist Education Seriously: An Interview with Enid Lee -- How Well Are We Nurturing Racial and Ethnic Diversity? --Trouble Over the Rainbow -- Are We Accepting Too Much --What Do We Say When We Hear "Faggot"? -- Building A Vision of Curriculum Reform -- Discovering Columbus: Rereading the Past -- We Have No Reason To Celebrate an Invasion: An Interview With Suzan Shown Harjo -- What Should Children Learn? A Teacher Looks at E. D. Hirsh -- Why Students Should Study History: An Interview with Howard Zinn -- Distorting Latino History: The California Textbook Controversy -- The Lorax: Dr. Seuss Revisited and Revised -- Whole Language: What's the Fuss? An Interview with Harvey Daniels |
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Whose Standard? Teaching Standard English in Our Schools -- Teachers, Culture, and Power: An Interview with Lisa Delpit -- Getting Off the Track: Stories from an Untracked Classroom -- Is Your Child Being Tracked? -- Algebra for All: An Equation for Equity --Standardized Tests: A Clear and Present Danger -- The Perils of School Vouchers -- Is Public School "Choice" a Viable Alternative? -- Coming to Terms with Violence in Our Schools -- The Hollow Promise of Youth Apprenticeships -- Beyong Pizza Sales: Parent Involvement in the 1990s -- Teachers Through History: The Myth of a Golden Age -- Preparing Teachers for Education in a Diverse World -- Which Side Are You On? The Role of Teachers Unions in School Reform -- All Children Are Our Children: An Interview with Lola Glover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Rethinking schools
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| Subject |
Education, Urban -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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Public schools -- United States.
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| Author |
Levine, David P.
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| LC no. |
94034347 |
| ISBN |
1565842146 |
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1565842154 (paperback) |
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