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Contentious curricula Contentious curricula Amy J. Binder "This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts fo… OL12227745W
Public education, America's civil religion Public education, America's civil religion Carl L. Bankston In this volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in the capacity of education to solve all of our social… OL13759935W
The public school advantage The public school advantage Christopher Lubienski Nearly the whole of America's partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we… OL19667872W
Between Church and State Between Church and State James W. Fraser The United States enters a new century with its citizens deeply divided, sometimes confused, and often angry about their differing opinions about the proper place of religion in the public schools of… OL3340062W
Seeking common ground Seeking common ground David B. Tyack Publisher's description: The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has neve… OL3527227W