ISBN-13: 9780275932633 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 245 str.
This book assembles prominent school-of-education faculty researchers to provide perspectives on the school reform or excellence movement. The contributors represent a wide variety of disciplines including comparative and international education, history, sociology, political science, curriculum theory, testing and evaluation, school administration and special education. They confront the most controversial issues in education of our time; equity and excellence, at-risk children, the education of language-minority students, the governance of education, parental choice, and the importance of home, family and of elementary and pre-school education.