Public education under siege /
Public Education Under Siege argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadershi...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2013] ©2013 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Public Education Under Siege argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadership. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780812208320 |
Index Number: | LC191 |
CLC: | G571.2 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning: How Contemporary School Reform Fails the Test / Chapter 2. Views from the Black of the Math Classroom / Chapter 3. Targeting Teachers / Chapter 4. Firing Line: The Grand Coalition Against Teachers / Chapter 5. The Bipartisan, and Unfounded, Assault on Teachers Unions / Chapter 6. Free-Market Think Tanks and the Marketing of Education Policy / Chapter 7. The Price of Human Capital: The Illusion of Equal Educational Opportunity / Chapter 8. Educational Movements, Not Market Moments / Chapter 9. Public Education as Welfare / Chapter 10. In Search of Equality in School Finance Reform / Chapter 11. "I Want the White People Here!": The Dark Side of an Urban School Renaissance / Chapter 12. The Rhetoric of Choice: Segregation, Desegregation, and Charter Schools / Chapter 13. Criminalizing Kids: The Overlooked Reason for Failing Schools / Chapter 14. Abandoning the Higher Purposes of Public Schools / Chapter 15. Equity-Minded Instructional Leadership: Turning Up the Volume for English Learners / Chapter 16. Professional Unionism: Redefining the Role of Teachers and Their Unions in Reform Efforts / Chapter 17. Pushing Back: How an Environmental Charter School Resisted Test-Driven Pressures / Chapter 18. The Achievement Gap and the Schools We Need: Creating the Conditions Where Race and Class No Longer Predict Student Achievement / Chapter 19. Ya Basta! Challenging Restrictions on English-Language Learners / Chapter 20. Sharing Responsibility: A Case for Real Parent- School Partnerships / Chapter 21. Calling the Shots in Public Education: Parents, Politicians, and Educators Clash / Chapter 22. What Is Education Reform? / Contributors -- Acknowledgments. |