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Published by Abt Books / University Press of America, Lanham, MD New York London, 1984
ISBN 10: 0819141410ISBN 13: 9780819141415
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. 267 pp., xii. NAP. Stated: "Reprinted by arrangement with Abt Books". Following Acknowledgements and Introduction, Contents divided into 12 Essays originally published in The Public Interest: Thomas Sowell, "Black Excellence--The Case of Dunbar High School"; Thomas Sowell, "Patterns of Black Excellence"; Eleanor Farrar and David K. Cohen, "Career Education---Reforming School Through Work"; William J. Bennett and Edwin J. Delattre, "Moral Education in the Schools"; Diane Ravitch, "The White Flight Controversy"; Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "What Do You Do When the Supreme Court is Wrong?"; Jackson Toby,"Crime in American Public Schools"; Edward I. Koch, "The Mandate Millstone"; Peter Skerry, "ChristianSchools versus the I.R.S."; Martin Eger, "The Conflict in Moral Education: an Informal Case Study"; James Coleman, "Public Schools, Private Schools, and the Public Interest"; David K. Cohen and Eleanor Farrar, "Power to the Parents?--The Story of Education Vouchers"; Contributors, p. 267. Glossy medium blue wraps with title lettering in white on top half front cover, above editor name lettering in smaller white letters across middle front cover. Previous owner name and purchase date discreetly at top left inside front cover, else UNREAD, FLAWLESS: very tight binding, sharp corners, NO rubbing wear, NO remainder marks.