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Class warfare : focus on "good" students is ruining schools / William L. Fibkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fibkins, William L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Educational sociology.
- High schools--United States--Sociological aspects.
- High schools.
- High schools--United States--Administration.
- School management and organization--United States.
- School management and organization.
- Education, Secondary--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Secondary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2013.
- Summary:
- This book is about the unintended consequences that can occur when the ""good news" process becomes heavily embedded in school life -- a process that creates two different worlds in a school community that often prides itself on fostering unity and belonging.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1 The Rise of Consumer-Driven Schooling: Fostering a Generation of Entitled Students; 2 The Cost to Good News Kids and Parents; 3 The Cost to Bad News Kids and Parents; 4 The Cost to High School Principals; 5 The Cost to Guidance Counselors; 6 The Cost to Teachers; 7 Schools Are Caught in a Bifurcation of American Society: Equal Opportunity Has Become a Forgotten Vision; References; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-34874-0
- 1-299-25232-X
- 1-4758-0014-2
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