The
death and life of the great American school system
how testing and choice are undermining education
Ravitch, Diane.
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
Basic Books
[2016]
2016
Revised and expanded edition.
monographic
eng
xliv, 354 p. ; 22 cm
Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.
What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked! How the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City -- NCLB: measure and punish -- Choice: the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned -- Epilogue: School and society.
Diane Ravitch.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index.
Public schools
United States
Educational accountability
United States
Educational tests and measurements
United States
School choice
United States
Educational change
United States
Financiación de la educación
Educación
Aspectos económicos
LA 217.2 R256d 2016
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