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Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn
In the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives'ideas to reform America's lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support and were put into practice across the cou
An in-depth look at academically selective public high schools in AmericaWhat is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters? Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scie
Autor:
Chester E. Finn, Jr
Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.S. education reforms--or dissented from some of them more effectively--than Chester Finn. Assistant secretary of education under Ronald Reagan, and an aide to politicians as different as Richard
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Chester E. Finn
Assessing the Nation's Report Card examines the history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and outlines plans for improving and modernizing the organization.Educational policy analyst Chester E. Finn, Jr. imparts a rare inside
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Chester E. Finn, Jr, Andrew E. Scanlan
The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program, the gold standard for academic rigor in American high schoolsThe Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school stude
Autor:
Marc A. Ilies, Marc A Ilies, Uttam Satyal, Vishnu D. Sharma, Christina M. Bailey, Ramanathan Nagarajan, Terri A. Camesano, Jamie L. Betker, Long Xu, Ye Zhang, Thomas J. Anchordoquy, Edithe Selwa, Bogdan I. Iorga, Shota Fujii, Mina Sakuragi, Kazuo Sakurai, Sean F. Gilmore, Wei He, Amy Rasley, Nicholas O. Fischer, Yang Chu, Tianbo Liu, D. Pan, G. Cui, C. T. N. Pham, M. H. Tomasson, K. N. Weilbaecher, G. M. Lanza, Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Jennifer A. Shif, Filiz Karagöz, Robert Dorresteijn, Klaus Müllen, Markus Klapper, Robert F. Pagels, Robert K. Prud’homme, Chester E. Markwalter, Weili Ma, Won H. Suh
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Chester E. Finn, Jr, Richard Sousa
The coming decade holds immense potential for dramatic improvement in U.S. education and in the achievement of American children and in this volume, members of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education examine both the potential g
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Chester E. Finn, Jr
Chester E. Finn, Jr. outlines the issues that define, animate, and complicate today's contentious pre-kindergarten debate in American education. He examines such topics as: which children really need it; how many aren't getting it; who should provide
Autor:
Chester E. Finn, Jr
According to leading education analyst Chester Finn, a paradox lies at the heart of our educational trouble. While Americans commonly acknowledge that public schools in general are a disaster, polls consistently show that most parents, teachers, and