Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Books⁴

Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Andrew E. Scanlan
The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program—the gold standard for academic rigor in U.S. high schools and beyond
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Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.S. education reforms--or dissented from some of them more effectively--than Chester Finn. Assistant secretary of education under Ronald Reagan, and an aide to politicians as...
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Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Jessica A. Hockett
An in-depth look at academically selective public high schools in America
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Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education Chester E. Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Gregg Vanourek
Can charter schools save public education? This radical question has unleashed a flood of opinions from Americans struggling with the contentious challenges of education reform. There has been plenty of heat over charter schools and...
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Ideas¹

Chester Finn and Andrew Scanlan on Learning in the Fast Lane The Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond. More than 22,000 schools now participate in it, across nearly forty subjects, from Latin and... Read More