New Features

Updated

• All chapters were thoroughly updated to guarantee current analysis of the very latest developments in today's educational issues.
  New Sections
  
• The following new sections were added: Education, Income, Social Class and Race in the Global Economy; Issues About Human Capitalism; Current Issues in Teacher Education; Race and Social Class;The Economics of Racism; Defining Racism; The Changing Color of the United States; Race, Social Class, and Equal Educational Opportunities; Teaching About Racism; The Failure of Desegregation; Inclusion; Teachers Resist the Call for Inclusion; Immigrant Languages; Immigrants and Teachers; Home Schooling; and Student Violence and Federal Action: A Case Study.

Proven Features

Fresh, concise

• Revised every two years in order to provide 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.
  Critical thinking
  
• Challenges students and engages them in analysis and critical thinking about the role and purposes of schooling in American society.
  Critical perspective
  
• Introduces students to new ways of thinking about education: the critical perspective is designed to make the reader think.
  Questions
  
• Organized by topic, the text integrates, historical, sociological, and philosophical questions throughout.
  Original
  
• Represents original scholarship and interpretation; scholars use this text as a primary source.
  Brief, affordable
  
• Modest length and price allow instructors to combine it with other books for a customized teaching package.