TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Dennis L.
TI  - Taking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in secondary education 
SN  - 0072480440 (pbk.) :
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Guilford, Conn.
PB  - McGraw-Hill/Duskin
KW  - Education
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - United States
KW  - Education, Secondary
KW  - Research topics
N1  - Part 1.  Purposes:  Should school attendance be voluntary? - Is citizenship education working in the public schools? - Should all secondary school students experience the same curriculum? - Is ethnocentric education a good idea? - Should secondary schools emphasize education for the workplace? - Part 2.  Policies:  Should religious content and concepts be more evident in our schools? - Do school uniforms cause improvements? - Are zero tolerance policies necessary and effective? - Is achievement level tracking of students a defensible educational practice? - Is high-stakes standardized testing defensible? - Should teacher pay be tied to measures of student learning? - Is the school principal indispensable? - Part 3.  Practices:  Is block scheduling better than traditional scheduling? -- Is homework beneficial to students? -- Does the practice of grading students serve useful purposes?  -- Can technology transform education? - Should service learning be a high school graduation requirement? - Is the emphasis on globalization in the study of world history appropriate?  -- Should classical works be the emphasis of the high school literature curriculum? - Should we be cheering for the high school sports programs?
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