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Public and private education in America examining the facts /

"This title will give students and other readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the United States by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations-and confirming the validity of other assertions"--

Main Author: Cobb, Casey D.,
Other Authors: Glass, Gene V, 1940-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2021]
Physical Description: xiv, 224 pages : 1 illustration ; 25 cm.
Series: Contemporary debates.
Subjects:
Public schools -- United States.
Private schools -- United States.
Education and state -- United States.
Educational change -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
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505 0 0 |g How to use this book --  |g Introduction --  |t Public vs. private schools --  |t Do students in private schools outperform students enrolled in public schools? --  |t Are political conservatives and corporations the biggest supporters of privatization of the American K-12 school system? --  |t Do private schools accept students with disabilities? --  |t Are public and private school teachers similar in their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds? --  |t School choice part I : competition, stratification, homeschooling, and vouchers --  |t Do market-based reforms such as school choice increase competition and improve school performance? --  |t Do school choice programs contribute to the resegregation of American schools? --  |t Does homeschooling lead to better outcomes for students than traditional public schools? --  |t Do school vouchers produce better student outcomes? --  |t Do education tax credits and education savings accounts divert money from public to private schools? --  |t School choice part II : charter schools --  |t Do charter schools have significant variations in structure, operations, and performance from school to school? --  |t Are charter schools actually public schools? --  |t Are charter schools more innovative than traditional public schools? --  |t Do charter schools perform better than traditional public schools? --  |t Are poorly performing charter schools closed down? --  |t Are most publicly funded charter schools operated by Education Management Organizations and Charter Management Organizations? --  |t Standards, accountability, and assessment --  |t Have standards-based reforms worked to improve the academic performance of American school children? --  |t Are the Common Core state standards a national initiative-and if so, do they amount to a national curriculum? --  |t Has time that students spend preparing for and taking standardized tests increased dramatically in U.S. public schools? --  |t Has high-stakes testing improved schools? --  |t Is it difficult for public schools to fire bad teachers? --  |t Do assessment systems exist that can accurately capture the value-added impact of teachers on their students' test scores? --  |t Is the United States lagging behind other nations in K-12 education? --  |t How are the political interests that shape education policy organized? --  |t Teaching and Learning --  |t Do later school start times make a difference in children's learning? --  |t Is bilingual education effective? --  |t Does homework increase student achievement? --  |t School environment --  |t Are students disciplined disproportionately by race and gender? --  |t Are small schools better than large schools in providing a quality education to students? --  |t Are American schools less safe now than in the past? --  |t Are public and private schools still racially and economically segregated? --  |t Do today's full-time virtual schools offer a high-quality education for students? --  |t Do students learn more in smaller classes? 
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650 0 |a Private schools  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Education and state  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Educational change  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Academic achievement  |z United States. 
650 6 |a Écoles publiques  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Écoles privées  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Éducation  |x Politique gouvernementale  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Enseignement  |x Réforme  |z États-Unis. 
650 7 |a Academic achievement.  |2 fast. 
650 7 |a Education and state.  |2 fast. 
650 7 |a Educational change.  |2 fast. 
650 7 |a Private schools.  |2 fast. 
650 7 |a Public schools.  |2 fast. 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast. 
700 1 |a Glass, Gene V,  |d 1940-  |e author. 
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