Critical issues in education : dialogues and dialectics / Jack L. Nelson, Stuart B. Palonsky, Kenneth Carlson.

Critical issues and critical thinking
School choice : for family choice or against vouchers
School finance : equity or disparity
School integration : compulsory or voluntary
Gender : easing discrimination or making legitimate distinctions
Affirmative action : progressive or restrictive
Basic education : traditional disciplines or critical thinking Reading : phonics or whole language
Multicultural education : representative or divisive
Curriculum control : national or local
Values and character : traditional or liberational
Business influence : positive or negative
Standardized testing : restrict or expand
School leadership : teacher-directed or administrator-controlled?
Academic freedom : teacher rights or responsibility
Teacher unions : detrimental or beneficial
Inclusion and mainstreaming : special or common education
School violence : school or social responsibility
Privatization of schools : boon or bane.