| The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools Contributor(s): Ravitch, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801864712 ISBN-13: 9780801864711 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Education | Higher |
| Dewey: 371.010 |
| LCCN: 00021671 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.92" W x 8.97" (1.51 lbs) 488 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
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| Publisher Description: Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times |
Contributor Bio(s): Ravitch, Diane: - Diane Ravitch is Research Professor in the School of Education at New York University and holds the Herman and George R. Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution. She was an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education, and she serves on the National Assessment Governing Board. Her publications include Learning from the Past: What History Teaches Us about School Reform and City Schools: Lessons from New York (both available from Johns Hopkins), The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980, and Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms (forthcoming). |