A primer on America's schools / edited by Terry M. Moe.

Contributor Moe, Terry M.

Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2001.

Descriptionxxiii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:"An assessment by the Koret Task Force on K-12 education"--Cover.

Note:American traditions of education / Diane Ravitch -- The system / John E. Chubb -- Achievement in American schools / Herbert J. Walbert -- Spending on schools / Eric A. Hanushek -- If families matter most, where do schools come in? / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Gettomg better teachers, and treating them right / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- Teachers unions and the public schools / Terry Moe -- Curriculum and competence / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. -- Standards and accountability / Williamson M. Evers -- Choice in American education / Paul E. Peterson -- What is public about public education? / Paul T. Hill.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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