The school reform landscape : fraud, myth, and lies / Christopher H. Tienken and Donald C. Orlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tienken, Christopher.

Contributor:

Orlich, Donald C.

American Association of School Administrators.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013.

Summary:

The School Reform Landscape: Fear, Mythologies, and Lies describes this nation's policymakers awkwardly stumbling through education reforms based on highly questionable political ideology and high-stakes assessments for all children. Provided are a series of actions that use fear and very unsound research studies to eliminate the American school systems and replace them with a dual-system, which discriminates against the poor, handicapped and students with little social capital. The authors provide a series of needed actions to make A

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Liberty and Justice for All; Chapter Two: The Education Reform King with a Styrofoam Crown; Chapter Three: A Catalogue of Reform Fallacies; Chapter Four: The No Child Left Behind Act; Chapter Five: The Path of High-Risk Implications for Public Education; Chapter Six: High Stakes, Low Quality; Chapter Seven: World-Class Standards That Are Too Big to Fail; Chapter Eight: Charter Schools: Separate but Legal; Chapter Nine: What Now? A Way Forward; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-25235-4

1-4758-0259-5

OCLC:

855502762