000235618 000__ 01312cam\a22003138a\45e0 000235618 001__ 235618 000235618 005__ 20210513092555.0 000235618 008__ 000330s2000\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000235618 010__ $$a 00038067 000235618 020__ $$a0684844176 000235618 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm43790988 000235618 035__ $$a235618 000235618 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dDBI 000235618 042__ $$apcc 000235618 043__ $$an-us--- 000235618 049__ $$aISEA 000235618 05000 $$aLA216$$b.R28 2000 000235618 08200 $$a370/.973$$221 000235618 1001_ $$aRavitch, Diane. 000235618 24510 $$aLeft back :$$ba century of failed school reforms /$$cDiane Ravitch. 000235618 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$cc2000. 000235618 263__ $$a0008 000235618 300__ $$a555 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000235618 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000235618 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- The educational ladder -- A fork in the road -- The age of experts -- IQ testing : "this brutal pessimism" -- Instead of the academic curriculum -- On the social frontier -- The public schools respond -- Dissidents and critics -- The great meltdown -- The sixties -- In search of standards -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 000235618 650_0 $$aEducation$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000235618 650_0 $$aEducational change$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000235618 650_0 $$aPublic schools$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000235618 85200 $$bgen$$hLA216$$i.R28$$i2000 000235618 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:235618$$pGLOBAL_SET 000235618 980__ $$aBIB 000235618 980__ $$aBOOK 000235618 994__ $$aE0$$bISE