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Reign of error : the hoax of the privatization movement and the danger to America's public schools / Diane Ravitch.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385350884
- 0385350880
- LB2806.36 .R38 2013
Contents:
Our schools are at risk --
The context for corporate reform --
Who are the corporate reformers? --
The language of corporate reform --
The facts about test scores --
The facts about the achievement gap --
The facts about the international test scores --
The facts about high school graduation rates --
The facts about college graduation rates --
How poverty affects academic achievement --
The facts about teachers and test scores --
Why merit pay fails --
Do teachers need tenure and seniority? --
The problem with Teach For America --
The mystery of Michelle Rhee --
The contradictions of charters --
Trouble in e-land --
Parent trigger, parent tricker --
The failure of vouchers --
Schools don't improve if they are closed --
Solutions: start here --
Begin at the beginning --
The early years count --
The essentials of a good education --
Class size matters for teaching and learning --
Make charters work for all --
Wraparound services make a difference --
Measure knowledge and skills with care --
Strengthen the profession --
Protect democratic control of public schools --
The toxic mix --
Privatization of public education is wrong --
Conclusion: The pattern on the rug. Our schools are at risk --
The context for corporate reform --
Who are the corporate reformers? --
The language of corporate reform --
The facts about test scores --
The facts about the achievement gap --
The facts about the international test scores --
The facts about high school graduation rates --
The facts about college graduation rates --
How poverty affects academic achievement --
The facts about teachers and test scores --
Why merit pay fails --
Do teachers need tenure and seniority? --
The problem with Teach For America --
The mystery of Michelle Rhee --
The contradictions of charters --
Trouble in e-land --
Parent trigger, parent tricker --
The failure of vouchers --
Schools don't improve if they are closed --
Solutions: start here --
Begin at the beginning --
The early years count --
The essentials of a good education --
Class size matters for teaching and learning --
Make charters work for all --
Wraparound services make a difference --
Measure knowledge and skills with care --
Strengthen the profession --
Protect democratic control of public schools --
The toxic mix --
Privatization of public education is wrong --
Conclusion: The pattern on the rug.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-378) and index.
Our schools are at risk --
The context for corporate reform --
Who are the corporate reformers? --
The language of corporate reform --
The facts about test scores --
The facts about the achievement gap --
The facts about the international test scores --
The facts about high school graduation rates --
The facts about college graduation rates --
How poverty affects academic achievement --
The facts about teachers and test scores --
Why merit pay fails --
Do teachers need tenure and seniority? --
The problem with Teach For America --
The mystery of Michelle Rhee --
The contradictions of charters --
Trouble in e-land --
Parent trigger, parent tricker --
The failure of vouchers --
Schools don't improve if they are closed --
Solutions: start here --
Begin at the beginning --
The early years count --
The essentials of a good education --
Class size matters for teaching and learning --
Make charters work for all --
Wraparound services make a difference --
Measure knowledge and skills with care --
Strengthen the profession --
Protect democratic control of public schools --
The toxic mix --
Privatization of public education is wrong --
Conclusion: The pattern on the rug. Our schools are at risk --
The context for corporate reform --
Who are the corporate reformers? --
The language of corporate reform --
The facts about test scores --
The facts about the achievement gap --
The facts about the international test scores --
The facts about high school graduation rates --
The facts about college graduation rates --
How poverty affects academic achievement --
The facts about teachers and test scores --
Why merit pay fails --
Do teachers need tenure and seniority? --
The problem with Teach For America --
The mystery of Michelle Rhee --
The contradictions of charters --
Trouble in e-land --
Parent trigger, parent tricker --
The failure of vouchers --
Schools don't improve if they are closed --
Solutions: start here --
Begin at the beginning --
The early years count --
The essentials of a good education --
Class size matters for teaching and learning --
Make charters work for all --
Wraparound services make a difference --
Measure knowledge and skills with care --
Strengthen the profession --
Protect democratic control of public schools --
The toxic mix --
Privatization of public education is wrong --
Conclusion: The pattern on the rug.
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