Using details from California's unique, diverse social and political history makes the potentially dry foundations course into a very personal and dynamic topic for students to wrap their minds around.
The book is a critical analysis of the evolution of educational policies that frame teachers' and students' roles and responsibilities in the historical and contemporary context of public education and thoroughly covers topics such as school segregation; the political structure of the state; bilingual education, school funding, NCLB, school choice, how policies arise and how they are legislated.
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