education and state

A collection of essays in which American education expert Richard F. Elmore explores topics of educational reform, including school leadership, standards and achievement, accountability, unwarranted intrusion, and more.

Essays examine major controversies in education such as the use of tests, tuition tax credits, desegration and the quality of American schools.

Analyzes four major challenges the United States is facing--globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and excessive energy consumption--and explains why these problems need to be corrected now in order to sustain the American dream and protect America's place as a world power in the future.

Offers teachers and other school personnel an overview of education advocacy, explaining what the role of an education advocate is, how they can change the education system, how to get started, and what the best advocacy strategies are.

Susan Ohanian recounts her quest to make sense of the Standards educational movement.

Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.

Diane Ravitch, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, discusses the state of American public schools and argues against the claim that our public school system is broken and should be privatized.

Discusses the key players in America's quest for education reform, examining the roles and ideas of the White House, teachers' unions, public school parents, Ivy League idealists, civil rights activists, and other individuals, and offers advice based on solutions from both sides.