Spring - American Education

Joel Springs American Education is the preeminent source for information addressing the critical issues and todays trends in K12 education. It is a phenomenal resource for experienced and aspiring educators alike.

Jeffrey Pittman, Regent University, USA

I appreciate the topics covered and the way the book challenges students to form their own opinions on educational topics while giving weight to issues of equity and justice. My students have commented that they appreciate that the book provides a fair picture of controversial issues.

Carrie Freie, Penn State Altoona, USA

Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational systemwith scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States. In his signature straightforward, concise approach to describing complex issues, he illuminates events and topics that are often overlooked or whitewashed, giving students the opportunity to engage in critical thinking about education. Students come away informed on the latest topics, issues, and data and with a strong knowledge of the forces shaping the American educational system.

Thoroughly updated throughout, the 18th edition of this clear, authoritative text remains fresh and up to date, reflecting the many changes in education that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition. Topics and issues addressed and analyzed include:

The decline of the Common Core State Standards, particularly as result of a Republican-controlled administration currently in place

Increasing emphasis on for-profit education, vouchers, charter schools and free-market competition between schools, expected to surge with the appointment of the new U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

Current debates about immigration and Dreamersnew statistics on immigrant education, discussion of education proposals to accommodate the languages, cultures, and religions of newly arrived immigrants

New education statistics on school enrollments, dropouts, education and income, school segregation, charter schools, and home languages

The purposes of education as presented in the 2016 platforms of the Republican, Democratic, Green, and Libertarian parties

Discussions around transgender students.

Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.

Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
Joel Spring, Editor

A full list of titles in this series is available at: www.routledge.com/series/LEASPHSES. Recently published titles:

Roberts Remaining and Becoming: Cultural Crosscurrents in an Hispano School

Borman/Stringfield/Slavin, Eds. Title I: Compensatory Education at the Crossroads

DeCarvalho Rethinking Family-School Relations: A Critique of Parental Involvement in Schooling

Peshkin Permissible Advantage?: The Moral Consequences of Elite Schooling

Spring The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

Nieto, Ed. Puerto Rican Students in U.S. Schools

Glander Origins of Mass Communications Research During the American Cold War: Educational Effects and Contemporary Implications

Pugach On the Border of Opportunity: Education, Community, and Language at the U.S.Mexico Line

Spring Education and the Rise of the Global Economy

Benham/Heck Culture and Educational Policy in Hawaii: The Silencing of Native Voices

Lipka/Mohatt/The Ciulistet Group Transforming the Culture of Schools: Yupik Eskimo Examples

Weinberg Asian-American Education: Historical Background and Current Realities

Nespor Tangled Up in School: Politics, Space, Bodies, and Signs in the Educational Process

Peshkin Places of Memory: Whitemans Schools and Native American Communities

Spring The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe 17631995

For additional information on titles in the Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education series visit www.routledge.com/education.

18th Edition

Joel Spring

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The 2016 tumultuous national election of President Donald Trump and the appointment of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos dramatically changed national discussions about education. Each of the chapters has been updated in the context of this election. The following changes were made to each chapter. Also, tables used throughout the book were updated.

Added is a discussion of the political and religious goals of the 2016 national election and the education ideology of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Added is a discussion of the traditional family, religious goals, and sexual education proposals contained in the 2016 Republican Platform.

Added is a discussion of the equality of opportunity goals contained in the 2016 Democratic Platform. Statistical tables were updated.

Added is a discussion of the 2016 Republican and Democratic Platform responses to human capital theory. Also, added is a discussion of the Economic Policy Institutes Inequalities at the Starting Gate: Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Gaps between 20102011 Kindergarten Classmates.

Added is the Republican interpretation of Title IX and its relationship to school treatment of transgender students. Also discussed are guidelines for protecting the rights of students with disabilities in charter schools.

Added is a discussion of President Trumps administration Policies on Immigration and Dreamers. Also added are protections for undocumented students under the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Plyler vs. Doe. Tables in the chapter were updated.

Added are the Republican promotion of America First, American exceptionalism and nationalism.

Added is a discussion of President Trumps support of school choice and vouchers. Also, statistical tables were updated.