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Finally, an AP(R) Gov textbook with support and practice!Written by an AP(R) U.S. Government and Politics teacher and exam reader, this book has been carefully built to meet the needs of AP(R) teachers and students. The text follows the course organization and focuses on course concepts, practices, reasoning skills, and required cases and documents. It also provides extensive practice for the AP(R) exam.

The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader includes all of the documents and cases required by the College Board(R), as well as commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.

¿his new offering from AP® teacher Karen Waples and college professor Scott Abernathy is tailor-made to help teachers and students transition to the redesigned AP® U. S. Government and Politics course. Carefully aligned to the course framework, this brief book is loaded with instructional tools to help you and your students meet the demands of the new course, such as integrated skills instruction, coverage of required cases and documents, public policy threaded throughout the book, and AP® practice after every chapter and unit, all in a simple organization that will ease your course planning and save you time.We've got you covered!

Scott Abernathy exposes contradictions in the policies of American educational reform in School Choice and the Future of American Democracy.

Takes a look at the successes and failures of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Opponents of NCLB criticize it as underfunded and unworkable, in its attempt to square the competing demands of elite- and street-level realities, while supporters see it as a radical educational reform.