A Guide with Chapter References to Discussions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Preface

PART 1: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY

Chapter 1: The Goals of Public Schooling
Chapter 2: Education and Equality of Opportunity
Chapter 3: Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race, Gender, and Special Needs
Chapter 4: Student Diversity
Chapter 5: Multicultural and Multilingual Education

PART 2: POWER AND CONTROL IN AMERICAN EDUCATION

Chapter 6: Local Control, Choice, Charter Schools, Home Schooling, and Commercialism
Chapter 7: Power and Control at the State and National Levels: High-Stakes Testing, School Violence, Reading Wars, and Private Foundations
Chapter 8: The Profession of Teaching
Chapter 9: Textbooks, Curriculum, Internet E-Learning, and Instruction
Chapter 10: The Courts and the Schools