American Education -- now in its tenth edition -- continues its mission of providing a fresh, concise, and up-to-date introduction to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching. Like previous editions, this one is notable for the way it challenges students and engages them in analysis and critical thinking about the role and purposes of schooling in American society. Revised every two years in order to guarantee current analysis of the very latest developments in today’s educational issues, American Education"s critical and broad scope make it an ideal text for beginning and advanced study of today"s schools. Clear, concise, and authoritative -- compact and affordable, too -- with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, American Education brings up-to-date information and challenging perspectives to teacher educators’ classrooms. For this revision all chapters were updated and extensive new material was added on race, gender, and special needs; attempts to impose the culture of the school on other cultures, specifically Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Asian, and Native American culture; the differences between local, state, and federal control of schools and the role of high-stakes tests in the control of schools.