Product Description: In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P. St. John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radical―but failing―effort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions...read more

Product Description: Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability. To survive, charter schools must make and keep promises about what students will experience and learn under their purview...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)