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Public and private education in America : (Record no. 524088)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2021006686
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781440863745
Qualifying information (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781440863752
Qualifying information (ebook)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code n-us---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number LA217.2
Item number .C62 2021
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 379.73
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cobb, Casey D.,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Public and private education in America :
Remainder of title examining the facts /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Casey D. Cobb and Gene V. Glass.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Santa Barbara, California :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 224 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Media type code n
Source rdamedia
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Carrier type term volume
Carrier type code nc
Source rdacarrier
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note How to use this book -- Introduction -- Public vs. private schools -- Do students in private schools outperform students enrolled in public schools? -- Are political conservatives and corporations the biggest supporters of privatization of the American K-12 school system? -- Do private schools accept students with disabilities? -- Are public and private school teachers similar in their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds? -- School choice part I : competition, stratification, homeschooling, and vouchers -- Do market-based reforms such as school choice increase competition and improve school performance? -- Do school choice programs contribute to the resegregation of American schools? -- Does homeschooling lead to better outcomes for students than traditional public schools? -- Do school vouchers produce better student outcomes? -- Do education tax credits and education savings accounts divert money from public to private schools? -- School choice part II : charter schools -- Do charter schools have significant variations in structure, operations, and performance from school to school? -- Are charter schools actually public schools? -- Are charter schools more innovative than traditional public schools? -- Do charter schools perform better than traditional public schools? -- Are poorly performing charter schools closed down? -- Are most publicly funded charter schools operated by Education Management Organizations and Charter Management Organizations? -- Standards, accountability, and assessment -- Have standards-based reforms worked to improve the academic performance of American school children? -- Are the Common Core state standards a national initiative-and if so, do they amount to a national curriculum? -- Has time that students spend preparing for and taking standardized tests increased dramatically in U.S. public schools? -- Has high-stakes testing improved schools? -- Is it difficult for public schools to fire bad teachers? -- Do assessment systems exist that can accurately capture the value-added impact of teachers on their students' test scores? -- Is the U.S. lagging behind other nations in K-12 education? -- How are the political interests that shape education policy organized? -- Teaching and Learning -- Do later school start times make a difference in children's learning? -- Is bilingual education effective? -- Does homework increase student achievement? -- School environment -- Are students disciplined disproportionately by race and gender? -- Are small schools better than large schools in providing a quality education to students? -- Are American schools less safe now than in the past? -- Are public and private schools still racially and economically segregated? -- Do today's full-time virtual schools offer a high-quality education for students? -- Do students learn more in smaller classes?
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "This title will give students and other readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the United States by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations-and confirming the validity of other assertions"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Academic achievement
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Education and state
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Educational change
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Private schools
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public schools
Geographic subdivision United States.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Glass, Gene V.,
Dates associated with a name 1940-
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Online version:
Main entry heading Cobb, Casey D.,
Title Public and private education in America
Place, publisher, and date of publication Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2021.
International Standard Book Number 9781440863752
Record control number (DLC) 2021006687
Holdings
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    Library of Congress Classification     Stacks 01/18/2024   LA217.2 .C62 2021 33039001535656 01/29/2024 1 Book

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