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Bibliography
(Many of these books were used to research the SCHOOL series.)


Bull, Barry L., Chattergy, Virgie, Fruehling, Royal T. The Ethics of Multicultural and Bilingual Education. New York: Teachers College Press. (1992)

Cookson, Peter W. School Choice: The Struggle for the Soul of American Education. New Haven: Yale University Press. (1994)

Crawford, James. (1999). Bilingual Education: History, Politics, Theory, and Practice. Bilingual Educational Services, Los Angeles, Bilingual Educational Services, [800-448-6032 or 213-749-6213}

Cremen, Lawrence A. The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876-1957. New York: Vintage Books. (1961)

Cuban, L. How Teachers Taught: Constancy and Change in American Classrooms. New York: Teachers College Press. (1993)

Donaldson, Karen B. McLean. Through Students’ Eyes: Combating Racism in United States Schools. Connecticut: Praeger Publishing. (1996)

Elmore, Richard F., Fuller, Bruce, Orfield, Gary, eds. Who Chooses? Who Loses? : Culture, Institutions, and the Unequal Effects of School Choice. New York: Teacher College Press. (1996)

Finn, C. Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (2000)

Finn, C., & Rebarber, T., eds. Education Reform in the ‘90s. New York: Macmillan. (1992)

Finn, C., Ravitch, D., & Fancher, T., Eds. Against Mediocrity: The Humanities in America’s High Schools. New York: Holmes & Meir. (1984)

Fiske, Edward B. and Helen F. Ladd. When Schools Compete: A Cautionary Tale

Frankel, Alison. On The Way To A Supreme Court Test. The American Lawyer. (May 2000)

Gonzalez, G. Chicano Education in the Era of Segregation. Philadelphia: Balch Institute Press. (1990)

Gorman, Siobhan. California’s Language Wars, Part II. The National Journal. (July 1999)

Hamer, David. School Choice: Why We Need It and How We Get It. Washington, DC: Cato Institute. (1994)

Heubert, J., & Hauser, R., eds. High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press. (1999)

Hidalgo, N., McDowell, C., & Siddle Walker, E. V., eds. Facing Racism in Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review. (1990)

Itzkowich, Rebeca. Bilingualism: Asset or Handicap? In These Times. Volume 22. (June 1998)

Kaestle, C. The Evolution of an Urban School System: New York City, 1750-1850. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. (1973).

Kaestle, C. Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860. New York: Hill and Wang. (1983)

Kirschner, Joseph and Sherman, Robert R. Understanding History of Education. Massachusetts: Schenkman Publishing Co. (1976)

Kozol, J. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools. New York: Harper Perennial. (1992)

La Belle, Thomas J. and Ward, Christopher R. Multiculturalism and Education: Diversity and Its Impact on Schools and Society. New York: State University of New York Press. (1994)

Lemann, N. The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (1999)

Lewis, E. Glyn. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: A Comparative Study. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. (1980)

May, Stephen, ed. Critical Multiculturalism: Rethinking Multicultural and Antiracist Education. Pennsylvania: Falmer Press. (1999)

Miller, John. Choice’s Tough Road: The Obstacles to Reform. National Review. (September 2000)

Minami, Masahiko and Kennedy, Bruce P., eds. Language Issues in Literacy and Bilingual/Multicultural Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review. (1991)

Mirel, J. (1999). The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit 1907-1981. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Moe, Terry. Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public. Washington DC: The Brookings Institute. (2001)

Perkinson, Henry J. The Imperfect Panacea: American Faith in Education, 1865- 1976. New York: Random House. (1977)

Pflaum, Susanna W. and Pignatelli, Frank, eds. Experiencing Diversity: Toward Educational Equity. California: Corwin Press. (1994)

Ravitch, D. The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980. New York: Basic Books. (1983)

Ravitch, D. Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms. New York: Simon and Schuster. (2000)

Rees, Nina Shokraii. Public School Benefits of Private School Vouchers. The Journal of American Citizenship Policy Review. (February 1999)

Samuelson, Robert J. The Lesson Of Tough Love. Newsweek. (September 2000)

Spring, J. American Education: An Introduction to Social and Political Aspects. New York: Longman. (1978)

Spring, J. The American School, 1642-1990: Varieties of Historical Interpretation of the Foundations and Development of American Education. New York: Longman. (1990).

Spring, J. Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education. Boston: McGraw Hill. (1998)

Steel, Lauri. Educational Innovation in Multiracial Contexts: The Growth of Magnet Schools in American Education. Washington, DC: The United States Department of Education Report. (1994)

Tyack, D. (1974). The One Best System: A History of American Urban Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Tyack, D., & Cuban, L. (1995). Tinkering toward Utopia: A century of Public School Reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Tyack, David (1999). Choice Options: School Choice-Yes, But What Kind. American Prospect.

Wells, Amy Stewart. Time To Choose: America At The Crossroads of School Choice Policy. New York: Hill and Wang. (1993).

Witte, John F. The Market Approach to Education: An Analysis of America’s First Voucher Program. Princeton, Princeton University Press

Woodrow, Derek, ed. Intercultural Education: Theories, Policies, and Practice. Vermont: Ashgate. (1997)


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