Urban School - 2nd Edition

Name: Urban School - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Americans worry continually about their schools with frequent discussions of the \""crisis\"" in American education, of the \""failures\"" of the public school systems, and of the inability of schools to meet the current challenges of contemporary life > \nAmericans worry continually about their schools with frequent discussions of the \""crisis\"" in American education, of the \""failures\"" of the public school systems, and of the inability of schools to meet the current challenges of contemporary life. Such concerns date back at least to the nineteenth century. A thread that weaves its way through the critiques of American elementary and secondary schools is that the educational system is not serving its children well, that more should be done to enhance achievement and higher performance. These critiques first began when the United States was industrializing and were later amplified when the Soviets and Japan were thought to be grinding down the competitive position of America. At the.