The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
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| Title | : | The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education |
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465036589 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-28 |
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A passionate plea to preserve and renew public education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System is a radical change of heart from one of America’s best-known education experts.Diane Ravitchformer assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculumexamines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch critiques today’s most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, standardized testing, punitive accountability, and the feckless multiplication of charter schools. She shows conclusively why the business model is not an appropriate way to improve schools. Using examples from major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and San Diego, Ravitch makes the case that public education today is in peril.Ravitch includes clear prescriptions for improving America’s schools:&n
Editorial : Los Angeles TimesThe Death and Life of the Great American School System may yet inspire a lot of high-level rethinking.”Valerie Strauss, Washington PostHer credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be particularly instructive for everyonewhether you have kids in school or notto read The Death and Life of the Great American School System.”Booklist, starredFor readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a very important book.”Library Journal, starredAn important and highly readable examination of the educational system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation, and how we can put it back on track. Anyone interested in education should definitely read this accessible, riveting book.”Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationDiane Ravitch is the rarest of scholarsone who reports her findings a
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