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In School Choice and the Future of American Democracy, Scott Franklin Abernathy shows what is lost in the school choice debate. Abernathy looks at parents as ci
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The full-scale assault on public education threatens not just public education but American democracy itself. Public education as we know it is in trouble. Dere
Rediscovering the Democratic Purposes of Education
Language: en
Pages: 292
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Why do America's public schools seem unable to meet today's social challenges? As competing interest groups vie over issues like funding and curricula, we seem
Democracy Remixed
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The Fight for Local Control
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Throughout the twentieth century, local control of school districts was one of the most contentious issues in American politics. As state and federal regulation