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Education under siege : frauds, fads, fantasies, and fictions in educational reform / Arthur Shapiro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Arthur S., 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education.
- Education--United States.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Educational evaluation--United States.
- Educational evaluation.
- Public schools--United States.
- Public schools.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyzes each major reform--No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, grading schools, evaluating teachers, failing students, vouchers, charters, online virtual charters-- and finds them seriously wanting. We conclude with reforms that work actually helping teachers, kids, parents and communities.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Race to the Top (NCLB 2.0), and Their Basis-The Accountability Movement; Chapter Two: Common Core State Standards (for 310 Million Americans!); Chapter Three: Merit and Teacher Evaluation-Another Fraud; Chapter Four: Instead of Teacher Evaluation, Which Isn't Working-A Different Approach; Chapter Five: Evaluating Teachers by Using Value-Added Models (VAMs) (Whatever That Means); Chapter Six: Failing Kids-Still a Failure; Chapter Seven: Evaluating vs. Grading (Really Rating) Schools
- Chapter Eight: Privatization: Fad, Fraud, Fantasy and/or Fiction?Chapter Nine: Charter Schools: A Form of Privatization; Chapter Ten: Vouchers: Another Form of Privatization; Chapter Eleven: Virtual Charter Schools: Privatization on Steroids; Chapter Twelve: Miracles (or Really, Mirages) for the Gullible; Chapter Thirteen: Major Reforms That Really Work; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-34959-4
- 1-4758-0309-5
- OCLC:
- 862049752
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