Teachers, schools, and society

Part 1 Teachers: becoming a teacher effective teaching a question and answer guide to the teaching profession student diversity. Part 2 Schools: what are schools for? life in schools what students are taught in schools controversy over who controls the curriculum. Part 3 Foundations: the history of American education school governance school law financing America's schools philosophy of education. Part 4 Issues and trends: the struggle for equal educational opportunity contemporary social problems and children at risk tomorrow's schools. Appendices: observing in schools and classrooms the praxis series of tests state certification offices a summary of selceted reports on educational reform.