Chasing Success and Confronting Failure in American Public Schools

Provides a thorough examination of, and challenge to, past and present definitions of what constitutes educational success in the US. Larry Cuban argues that in the history of American education, standards of achievement and inadequacy have been neither stable nor consistent. Nor are these standards untainted by political considerations.

Ofera o examinare aprofundata si o provocare a definitiilor trecute si prezente ale ceea ce constituie succesul educational in SUA. Larry Cuban sustine ca in istoria educatiei americane, standardele de realizare si inadecvare nu au fost nici stabile, nici consecvente.