Examines American student performance, the effectiveness of such education alternatives as voucher programs and charter schools, and the issues that surround school choice.

The editors of "Radical School Reform" offers a timely overview of the status of and controversies, issues, and trends in American educational systems.

This book will present a comprehensive examination of the latest school reform effort, the charter school movement. For anyone seriously interested in school reform & the charter school movement, including teachers, principals, & college educ faculty.

Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times

Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and presents arguments for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.

An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the basis of our political order and Washington's acrimonious rifts today, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, progressivism, and the debate between them truly amount to.