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Choosing Equality: School Choice, the Constitution, and Civil Society
ISBN: 9780815790471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. America is now in the second generation of debate on school choice. The first was prompted by the provocative voucher proposal conceived by Milton Friedman in 1955 and brought into the mainstream by Chubb and Moe's seminal book Politics, Markets, and American Schools (Brookings, 1990). It introduced a pure market model in which schools would be publicly financed but privately operated. While opponents continue to contend that choice will lead to the demise of public education, the weakening of civil society, and the fostering of separate and unequal systems of education, Joseph P. Viteritti...
America is now in the second generation of debate on school choice. The first was prompted by the provocative voucher proposal conceived by Milton Fri...
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109,78 zł |
The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square
ISBN: 9780691130118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to respect religion itself--still less its free exercise in any situation that is not absolutely private. In The Last Freedom, Joseph Viteritti argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects... The presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern... |
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120,81 zł |
When Mayors Take Charge: School Governance in the City
ISBN: 9780815790433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap. Activist mayors in several major cities have responded by taking control of their public schools. When Mayors Take Charge is the most up-to-date assessment available on this phenomenon. It brings together the topic's leading experts to analyze the factors and people driving the trend, its achievements and shortcomings, its prospects for the future, and ways to improve it. Part One of the book assesses the results... Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing migh... |
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Summer in the City: John Lindsay, New York, and the American Dream
ISBN: 9781421412627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay's tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon Johnson launched his ambitious Great Society Program. Providing an even-handed reassessment of Lindsay's legacy and the policies of the period, the essays in this volume skillfully dissect his kaleidoscope of progressive ideas and approach to leadership--all set in a perfect storm of huge demographic changes, growing fiscal stress, and an unprecedented commitment by the federal government to attain a more equal society. Compelling archival... Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay's tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon... |
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159,25 zł |
Summer in the City: John Lindsay, New York, and the American Dream
ISBN: 9781421412610 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay's tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon Johnson launched his ambitious Great Society Program. Providing an even-handed reassessment of Lindsay's legacy and the policies of the period, the essays in this volume skillfully dissect his kaleidoscope of progressive ideas and approach to leadership--all set in a perfect storm of huge demographic changes, growing fiscal stress, and an unprecedented commitment by the federal government to attain a more equal society. Compelling archival... Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay's tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon... |
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The Pragmatist: Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of New York
ISBN: 9780190679507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality. De Blasio was the first progressive elected to City Hall in twenty years. Invoking Fiorello La Guardia's name, he pledged to improve the lives of those marginalized by poverty and prejudice. Unlike La Guardia, de Blasio did not have allies in Washington like President Franklin D. Roosevelt who could effectively support his progressive agenda. As de Blasio approached the end of his first term, the situation worsened, with Donald Trump in the White...
When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality. De Blasi...
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194,06 zł |