Nelson, Jack L. <br/><br/>
Critical issues in education :  a dialectic approach  
By Jack L. Nelson, Kenneth Carlson, Stuart B. Palonsky. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill,  c1996. 
 - xvii, 446 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: unity and diversity in schooling. Part 1 Liberty versus equality in education: family choice in education; child welfare; school finanAce; school integration; affirmative action. Part 2 What should be taught: basic education versus critical thinking; multicultural studies; curriculum control; values, traditional or liberative; business influence; standardized testing. Part 3 How should schools be organized and operated: school leadership; academic freedom/academic responsibility; teacher unions; privatization of schools; school violence; excellence, equality and reform. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0070462127 9780070462120 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--United States.<br/>Teaching--United States.<br/>Educational evaluation--United States.<br/>Critical thinking--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370/.973  / N424