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Left Back : A Century of Battles over School Reform
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Left Back : A Century of Battles over School Reform Paperback - 2001

by Ravitch, Diane

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In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they consistently ignore their central purpose--teaching knowledge.

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  • Title Left Back : A Century of Battles over School Reform
  • Author Ravitch, Diane
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-08-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2447039-6
  • ISBN 9780743203265 / 0743203267
  • Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.31 x 5.58 x 1.33 in (21.11 x 14.17 x 3.38 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Education - United States - History - 20th, Educational change - United States - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 370.973

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  • New York Times, 08/12/2001, Page 28

About the author

Diane Ravitch is one of the nation's foremost historians of education and a leading education policy analyst. Her landmark books deeply influenced the national discussion of education standards in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and at New York University. She served in the U.S. Department of Education as assistant secretary in charge of education research. She currently holds the Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, edits Brookings Papers on Education Policy, and is a member of the National Assessment Governing Board. She lives in Brooklyn, New York

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