Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform

Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School ReformFor the past one hundred years, Americans have argued and worried about the quality of their schools. Some charged that students were not learning enough, while others complained that the schools were not furthering social progress. In Left Back, education historian Diane Ravitch describes this ongoing battle of ideas and explains why school reform has so often disappointed. She recounts grandiose efforts to use the schools for social engineering,

For the past one hundred years, Americans have argued and worried about the quality of their schools. Some charged that students were not learning enough, while others complained that the schools were not furthering social progress. In Left Back, education historian Diane Ravitch describes this ongoing battle of ideas and explains why school reform has so often disappointed. She recounts grandiose efforts to use the schools for social engineering, even while those efforts diminished the schools' ability to provide a high-quality education for all children. By illuminating the history of education in the twentieth century, Left Back points the way to reviving American schools today

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 08/07/2001
ISBN: 9780743203265
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 8.31h x 5.58w x 1.33d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/12/2001 pg. 28