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The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Basic Books, (c)2010.Description: x, 283 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465014910
  • 0465014917
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LA217.2.D438 2010
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Contents:
What I learned about school reform Hijacked! : how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City North CarolinaLB [No Child Left Behind] : measure and punish Choice : the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club Lessons learned.
Summary: Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction LA217.2.R38 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001344486

What I learned about school reform Hijacked! : how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City North CarolinaLB [No Child Left Behind] : measure and punish Choice : the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club Lessons learned.

Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.

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