The public schools / Susan Fuhrman, Marvin Lazerson, editors.

Other author Fuhrman, Susan.
Other author Lazerson, Marvin.
Other author Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxxxvi, 388 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Public schools--Social aspects. --United States.
Democracy--United States.

SeriesInstitutions of American democracy series
Institutions of American democracy series. ^A595931
Contents Patriotic purposes: public schools and the education of citizens / Julie A. Reuben -- The governance of public education / Thomas Corcoran and Margaret Goertz -- The politics of polarization: education debates in the United States / William A. Galston -- Schooling citizens for evolving democracies / Bruce Fuller and Arun Rasiah -- Classroom deliberations / Katherine G. Simon -- The state of civic education: preparing citizens in an era of accountability / Michael C. Johanek and John Puckett -- Working in schools / Susan Moore Johnson -- Youth, media, and citizenship / John Merrow -- Civic capacity: what, why, and from whence / Clarence N. Stone -- The education of democratic citizens: citizen mobilization and public education / Wendy D. Puriefoy -- The elusive ideal: civic learning and higher education / Matthew Hartley and Elizabeth L. Hollander -- Agency, reciprocity, and accountability in democratic education / Richard F. Elmore -- Demographic change and democratic education / Jennifer Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick -- School choice and the democratic ideal of free common schools / Paul R. Dimond -- Afterword: democratic disagreement and civic education / Amy Gutmann.
General note"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004029862
ISBN019517030X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195170306