Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Paul E. Peterson
yhteensä 67 hakutulosta
Urban Underclass
Many believe that the urban underclass in America is a large, rapidly increasing proportion of the population; that crime, teenage pregnancy, and high school dropout rates are …
Social Security Primer
Offers a clear understanding of what Social Security has accomplished in the past, challenges it now faces, and possibilities for the future. Outlines the full spectrum of current …
City Limits
This award-winning book “skillfully blends economic and political analysis” to assess the challenges of urban governments (Emmett H. Buell, Jr., American Political Science Review). …
Scalia's Constitution
This book explores the application of Scalia's textualism and originalism to education law and reflects upon Scalia's teachings and his pedagogy. Education law may seem to be an …
No Child Left Behind?
The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of standards together …
Learning from School Choice
While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter …
Commodity Derivatives
Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets. Commodities are often used as inputs in the production of other …
Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest
As federal funding for public broadcasting wanes and support from corporations and an elite group of viewers and listeners rises, public broadcasting's role as vox populi has come …
No Child Left Behind?
"The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of standards together …
Choice and Competition in American Education
Local school boards have traditionally assigned the school that a child is to attend. Only by selecting their neighborhoods have parents exercised their choice of school. In recent …
The Coming Class War and How to Avoid it
Discusses how the distribution of America's wealth is causing a decline in the middle class and an increase in the lower class, and suggest changes in policy which can offer …