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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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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Katz, Michael B.; Rose, Mike
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2013]
©2013
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Educational change > Social aspects > United States.
Public schools > Social aspects > United States.
Teachers > United States > Social conditions.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education, other.
Educational change > Social aspects.
Public schools > Social aspects.
Social sciences.
Teachers > Social conditions.
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208320
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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 Lear

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