Provides an introduction to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. This book also introduces a chapter reference guide to the No Child Left Behind Act, and provides a look at multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Clear, concise, and authoritative - compact and affordable, too - with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, "American Education" brings up-to-date information and challenging perspectives to teacher educators' classrooms. Revised every two years, "American Education" provides a fresh, concise, and up-to-date introduction to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. This edition introduces a new chapter reference guide to the No Child Left Behind Act, provides a fresh look at multiculturalism and multilingualism, and presents a new discussion of the link between schooling and the growing gap between rich and poor.

A Guide with Chapter References to Discussions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001PrefacePART 1: SCHOOL AND SOCIETYChapter 1: The Goals of Public SchoolingNational Education Summit on High Schools: Who Determines the Public Interest?What is the Public Interest?Turning Public Goals into a Core CurriculumGetting the Core Curriculum into SchoolsPublic Benefits and Goals for SchoolsAre Schools Always a Public Good?Historical Goals of SchoolingThe Political Goals of SchoolingThe Social Goals of SchoolingThe Economic Goals of SchoolingHuman Capital and the Role of Business in American EducationConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 2: Education and Equality of OpportunitySchool Models for Equality of OpportunityThe Common-School ModelThe Sorting-Machine ModelThe High-Stakes Testing ModelEducation and IncomeThe Bias of Labor Market Conditions on Educational Attainment, Income, and GenderWhite Privilege: Race, Educational Attainment, and IncomeThe Asian Advantage: Race, Household Income, and EducationCultural Capital: Child-Rearing and Equality of OpportunityCultural Capital: Preschool and Equality of OpportunitySchooling: Why Are the Rick Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer?Shopping for a Public School: Education, Social Class, and School DistrictsSavage InequalitiesCentral City SchoolsSocial Class and At-Risk StudentsPoverty Among School-Aged ChildrenThe End of the American Dream: School DropoutsTracking and Ability GroupingShould Tracking and Ability Grouping Be Abolished?Social ReproductionResistanceConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 3: Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special NeedsThe Law, Race, and Equality of Educational OpportunityThe Meaning of RaceWhat Race Am I?: Racial and Cultural Self-IdentificationRace and Social ClassSchool Segregation TodaySecond-Generation SegregationThe Economics of RacismDefining RacismInstitutional Racism: Relationship Between Racial Segregation and High School DropoutsDisparity in Educational Funding Based on RaceRace, Social Class, and Equal Educational OpportunitiesTeaching About RacismThe Recent Struggle for Equal Education for WomenSexism and EducationWhat's Happening to the Boys in the New Gender Divide?Students with DisabilitiesPublic Law 94-142: Education for All Handicapped Children ActWriting an IEPWhich Children Have Disabilities?InclusionInclusion and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001An Inclusion Success StoryThe Inclusion DebateCommission on Excellence in Special EducationConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 4: Student DiversityForeign-Born Population of the United StatesIs It Hispanic or Latino?The Changing Population of U.S. SchoolsEducational Experiences of Immigrants to the United StatesLanguages of School-Age ChildrenAre U.S. Teachers Prepared for Language Diversity?Mexican American Students and U.S. SchoolsAsian American Students and U.S. SchoolsNative American Students and U.S. SchoolsConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 5: Multicultural EducationDifferent Ways of Knowing and Seeing the WorldBiculturalism: Collectivist and Individualist SocietiesDominated Cultures: John OgbuEmpowerment through Multicultural Education: James Banks, Sonia Nieto, and Critical PedagogyEducating for Economic Power: Lisa Delpit Ethnocentric EducationBilingual Education and English Language Acquisition: No Child Left BehindEnglish Language Acquisition Act of 2001Bicultural Education: Is This The Answer?Globalization: Language and Cultural RightsConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterPART 2:
POWER AND CONTROL IN AMERICAN EDUCATION Chapter 6: Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, and CommercialismThe Education ChairSchool BoardsSchool ChoiceNational Public School Choice Plan: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001National Private School Choice Plan: America's Opportunity Scholarships for KidsModel Private School Choice Plan: The District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act of 2003Charter SchoolsAre Charter Schools Failing?For-Profit Schools and ChartersEdison Schools Inc.: A Tale of an Education Company in Search of ProfitHome SchoolingCommercialism in SchoolsConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 7: Power and Control at the State and National Levels: High-Stakes Testing, School Violence, Reading Wars, and Private FoundationsLocal, State, and Federal School RevenuesCategorical Aid: The Source of Federal PowerIncreasing State Involvement in SchoolsControl Through High-Stakes Tests and Academic Standards No Child Left Behind:Testing Students with Disabilities and English-Language LearnersDoes High-Stakes Testing Work?Cheating on High-Stakes TestsThe Federal Government Decides the Reading War: No Child Left BehindA Case Study: Student Violence and Federal ActionPrivate Foundations: The Invisible Power in EducationConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 8: The Profession of TeachingNo Child Left Behind: Highly Qualified TeachersThe Rewards of TeachingWorking ConditionsNational Certification: The National Board for Professional Teaching StandardsAmerican Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence: Alternative Routes to TeachingTeachers' Unions and Teacher PoliticsDifferences Between the Two UnionsA Brief History of the National Education Association (NEA)A Brief History of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)A Case Study: Tom Mooney, AFT Vice President and President of the Ohio Federation of TeachersShould Teachers Strike?ConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 9: Textbooks, Curriculum, Internet E-Learning, and InstructionCensorship IssuesWeb Scrub: A New Form of Censorship?TextbooksCurricular Standards and the Political Nature of KnowledgeThe Internet and E-LearningThe Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000CurriculumJohn Dewey and Progressive EducationInstructionCritical PedagogyConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in ChapterChapter 10: The Courts and the SchoolsDrug Testing of StudentsStudents' Free Speech RightsGays, Boy Scouts, and No Child Left Behind Act of 2001Sexual Harassment and DiscriminationStudents' Access to BooksStudent SuspensionsDo School Authorities Have the Right to Paddle Children? Compulsion and ReligionVouchers and Religious SchoolsChild-Benefit TheoryCan States Regulate Private Schools?Religion and State School RequirementsSchool Prayer, Bible Reading, and MeditationStudent PrayersSchool Prayer and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001Secular Humanism and the Religion of Public SchoolsEvolution and CreationismParents' RightsTeachers' RightsTeachers' LiabilityTeachers' Private LivesThe Language of the SchoolsSchool FinancesConclusionSuggested Readings and Works Cited in Chapter