Public education under siege / edited by Michael B. Katz and Mike Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katz, Michael B., 1939-2014, editor.

Rose, Mike (Michael Anthony), editor.

ebrary, Inc.

Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--Social aspects--United States.

Educational change.

Public schools--Social aspects--United States.

Public schools.

Teachers--United States--Social conditions.

Teachers.

Social conditions.

Public schools--Social aspects.

Educational change--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 245 pages.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A progressive twenty-first-century politics demands a new narrative of recent American history, including the history of education. The authors of these chapters provide some of the elements for a different story. Without denying the dismal state of many urban schools, the stultifying influence of bureaucracy, and the inadequate preparation of a number of teachers, they offer a more nuanced account rooted in economic, geographic, and racial inequality. They highlight the vulnerability of teachers that underlies the formation of teachers' unions and the factors which make teaching a unique and difficult occupation. They give examples of excellent schools and successful teachers. And they use a metric that rests on a philosophy of education that embraces the civic, democratic purposes of education as well as the economic. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Perils of Technocratic Educational Reform

Chapter 1 The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning: How Contemporary School Reform Fails the Test / Mike Rose Rose, Mike 9

Chapter 2 Views from the Black of the Math Classroom / Joi A. Spencer Spencer, Joi A. 21

Chapter 3 Targeting Teachers / David F. Labaree Labaree, David F. 30

Chapter 4 Firing Line: The Grand Coalition Against Teachers / Joanne Barkan Barkan, Joanne 40

Chapter 5 The Bipartisan, and Unfounded, Assault on Teachers' Unions / Richard D. Kohlenberg Kohlenberg, Richard D. 58

Chapter 6 Free-Market Think Tanks and the Marketing of Education Policy / Kevin G. Welner Welner, Kevin G. 67

Chapter 7 The Price of Human Capital: The Illusion of Equal Educational Opportunity / Harvey Kantor Kantor, Harvey, Robert Lowe Lowe, Robert 75

Chapter 8 Educational Movements, Not Market Moments / Janelle Scott Scott, Janelle 84

Part II Education, Race, and Poverty

Chapter 9 Public Education as Welfare / Michael B. Katz Katz, Michael B. 93

Chapter 10 In Search of Equality in School Finance Reform / Pamela Barnhouse Walters Walters, Pamela Barnhouse, Jean C. Robinson Robinson, Jean C., Julia C. Lamber Lamber, Julia C. 102

Chapter 11 "I Want the White People Here!": The Dark Side of an Urban School Renaissance / Maia Cucchiara Cucchiara, Maia 112

Chapter 12 The Rhetoric of Choice: Segregation, Desegregation, and Charter Schools / Ansley T. Erickson Erickson, Ansley T. 122

Chapter 13 Criminalizing Kids: The Overlooked Reason for Failing Schools / Heather Ann Thompson Thompson, Heather Ann 131

Part III Alternatives to Technocratic Reform

Chapter 14 Abandoning the Higher Purposes of Public Schools / Deborah Meier Meier, Deborah 143

Chapter 15 Equity-Minded Instructional Leadership: Turning Up the Volume for English Learners / Tina Trujillo Trujillo, Tina, Sarah Woulfin Woulfin, Sarah 148

Chapter 16 Professional Unionism: Redefining the Role of Teachers and Their Unions in Reform Efforts / Claire Robertson-Kraft Robertson-Kraft, Claire 158

Chapter 17 Pushing Back: How an Environmental Charter School Resisted Test-Driven Pressures / Paul Skilton-Sylvester Skilton-Sylvester, Paul 168

Chapter 18 The Achievement Gap and the Schools We Need: Creating the Conditions Where Race and Class No Longer Predict Student Achievement / Pedro Noguera Noguera, Pedro 180

Chapter 19 !Ya Basta! Challenging Restrictions on English-Language Learners / Eugene E. Garcia Garcia, Eugene E. 194

Chapter 20 Sharing Responsibility: A Case for Real Parent-School Partnerships / Rema Reynolds Reynolds, Rema, Tyrone C. Howard Howard, Tyrone C. 201

Chapter 21 Calling the Shots in Public Education: Parents, Politicians, and Educators Clash / Eva Gold Gold, Eva, Jeffrey R. Henig Henig, Jeffrey R., Elaine Simon Simon, Elaine 207

Part IV Conclusions

Chapter 22 What Is Education Reform? / Michael B. Katz Katz, Michael B., Mike Rose Rose, Mike 221

Chapter 23 A Letter to Young Teachers: The Graduation Speech You Won't Hear, But Should / Mike Rose Rose, Mike 238.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"A Dissent Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

ISBN:

0812208323

9780812208320

Publisher Number:

99954725703

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.