This second annual issue of the series focuses on the state of urban education in America. It provides in-depth, jargon-free analysis of the most important issues in education today -from some of the country's leading experts.
A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of an American Anthropologi
Providing a look inside a Japanese elementary school, this work is based on a year of detailed observation by an American anthropologist and her children. The book sets out to show the advantages and disadvantages of a school system very different from the American one.
While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country.
What is the state of education in America today? And where is it headed? What is the real state of education in America today? And where is it headed? The Brookings Institution, long noted for its pathbreaking work on education policy, introduces a series of annual volumes that provide the inside story on education's most important issues.
An examination of school prayer that brings together the experiences of parents and children involved in contesting public school sanctioned prayer and Bible reading. This work explores the way in which terms like "non-preferentialism", "toleration" and "accommodation" are being used to hide violations of the First Amendment.
A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of An American Anthropologi
With an anthropologist's keen eye, the author takes us through a full year in a Japanese public elementary school, bringing us into the classroom with its comforting structure, lively participation, varied teaching styles, and non-authoritarian teachers.
Should public funds be used to support non-public education? Controversy over that question has raged since the early 19th century. This book helps lawmakers, opinion leaders, and the public to understand that voucher proposals threaten religious freedom, an already overburdened economy, the democratic structure of American education, and more.
This text describes the evolution and daily operation of the ""Primary Mental Health Project"", a school-based prevention programme that provides a practical alternative to traditional ""after-the fact"" intervention. It describes how to establish, maintain and evaluate such a programme.
