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BL
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1041727
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b796097
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| Main Entry
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LaSpina, James Andrew.
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| Title & Author
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California in a time of excellence : : school reform at the crossroads of the American dream /\ James Andrew LaSpina.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: SUNY Press,, ©2009.
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| Page. NO
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x, 207 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1438424930
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: 1438424949
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: 9781438424934
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: 9781438424941
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index.
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| Contents
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The nation idea at risk -- The distant state -- Clio restored -- A community of memory -- The test of memory -- We are all Californians now -- California makes it way -- Coda. education reform as a public trust.
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| Abstract
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"California in a Time of Excellence follows the Golden State's efforts to reform its public school system from 1983 to the present. Beginning with progressive curriculum reform initiatives that were launched even before the National Commission on Excellence in Education (NCEE) issued A Nation at Risk in 1983, James Andrew LaSpina traces these reform efforts through recurring culture wars, major clashes of personality, and a conflict between the state's tradition of progressive educational policy and a culture of conservatism that colored much of the so-called Left Coast's history since the sixties. While the battles over curriculum reform in California reflect those at the national level, the political world surrounding this conflict reveals the enormous significance of the conflict and its implications for our national future."--Jacket.
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Education and state-- California-- History.
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Educational change-- California-- History.
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Education and state.
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Educational change.
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Utbildningspolitik-- historia.
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Schulreform.
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Californien.
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California.
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Kalifornien.
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| Dewey Classification
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370/.9794
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| LC Classification
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LA243.L37 2009
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5,3ssgn
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DK 1022rvk
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