Spring (education, Queens College, City U. of New York) discusses issues in American education that relate to its history and political, social, and economic goals; equality, including race, gender, and special needs; student diversity; multicultural and multilingual education; local control, choice, charter schools, and home schooling; power and control at the state and national levels, including high-stakes testing; and the teaching profession. This edition has been reorganized, updated, and expanded to include a new chapter on globalization. There is no separate chapter on the courts; cases have been moved to sections of chapters. Sections on textbooks, curriculum, e-learning, cyberbullying, and global models have been moved to other chapters, and chapters on history and political, economic, and social goals have been revised or are new. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)