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Author Ravitch, Diane.

Title The death and life of the great American school system [large print] : how testing and choice are undermining education / by Diane Ravitch.

Imprint [Sydney, Australia?] : ReadHowYouWant, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  379.1 R197d 2010    ---  Available
Description vi, 524 p. (large-print) ; 26 cm.
Note "EasyRead large, 16."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-521).
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Public schools -- United States.
Educational accountability -- United States.
Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
School choice -- United States.
ISBN 9781458756428 (large print)
1458756424 (large print)

 
    
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