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Battleground: Schools
[2 volumes]
Battleground: Schools
[2 volumes]
Description
No topic sparks an argument faster among the American public, even with relatively apolitical people, than how their children are taught. In schools across the country, school boards, parents, teachers, and students themselves debate issues ranging from charter schools, to the first amendment rights of students, to the efficacy of the No Child Left Behind Act. School districts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have seen battles over the teaching of evolution; places as diverse as Colorado, Washington, and Kentucky have had debates over how best to protect children while at school. Battleground: Schools provides an in-depth, balanced overview of these controversial topics and enables teachers, students, and their parents to better understand the foundations of these conflicts.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Entries
Academic Freedom for K–12 Teachers
Accountability
Afterschool Programs
Alternative Schools
Alternatives to Schooling
Art Education
Assessment
Bilingual Education
Bullying
Business and Corporate Involvement
Character Education
Charter Schools
Children's and Students' Rights
Citizenship Education
Civil Rights
Class Size
Clothing and School Uniforms
Commercialization of Schools
Compulsory Schooling
Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution
Critical Pedagogy
Culturally Relevant Education
Curriculum
Desegregation
Discipline
Dropouts
Drug Use and Prevention
Early Childhood Education
E-Learning
English Language Learners
Evaluation
Finance
Foreign Language Education
Foundations and Schools
GED (General Educational Development) Credential
Gender
Gifted and Talented Education
Global Education
Government Role in Schooling
Grading Policies
Head Start
Homeless Children and Schools
Homeschooling
Homework
Human Development
Inclusive Schooling
Integrated Mental Health Services in Schools
International Comparisons of Student Achievement
Knowledge
Leadership
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Youth
Literacy Education
Mathematics Education
Media and Schools
Mental Health
Middle Schools
Military in Schools
Moral Education
Motivation and Learning
Multiculturalism
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Nutrition in Schools
Parental Involvement in Schools
Pedagogy
Physical Education
Popular Culture and Schools
Progressivism
Purpose of Schools
Race, Racism, and Colorblindness in Schools
Religion and Public Schooling
Retention in Grade
Rural Schools
Safety and Security in Schools
School Choice
School Counseling
Science Education
Sexuality Education
Single-Sex Schools
Small Schools
Social Studies Education
Sports in Schools
Standardized Testing
Teacher Education
Teacher Knowledge
Teacher Licensure
Teacher Unions
Teaching
Technology and Schooling
Textbooks
Time in School
Tracking
Urban Education
Youth Activism
General Bibliography
Editorial Advisory Board
Contributor Biographies
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Dec 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 784 |
| ISBN | 9780313086533 |
| Imprint | Greenwood |
| Series | Battleground Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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