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2022.
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English
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"As most American labor organizations struggle for survival and relevance in the twenty-first century, teacher unions appear to be an exception. Despite being all but nonexistent until the 1960s, these unions are maintaining members, assets-and political influence. As the COVID-19 epidemic has illustrated, today's teachers unions are something greater than mere labor organizations: they are primary influencers of American education policy. How Policies...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"This book explains the rise, significance, and legacy of one of the most ubiquitous, significant, but forgotten institutions of early American life: the secondary school academy. Writing in 1788, Noah Webster bemoaned that in the United States "the constitutions are republican, [while] the laws of education are monarchical." Instead of building public, common school systems aimed at fostering a widely informed citizenry, the Federalists in power...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Do you ever wonder if other nations support their public schools better than the United States? Do you think that America's public schools are the only ones with academic achievement gaps among students? What are the strengths of our school system? Do we have a national plan to improve public schools as other nations do? Spoiler alert! Eleven other nations support their public schools better than the United States. Other nations have academic achievement...
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