The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch.

Author/creator Ravitch, Diane author.
Format Book
EditionRevised and expanded edition.
PublicationNew York : Basic Books, [2016]
Descriptionxliv, 354 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

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 -- Epilogue: School and society.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index.
LCCN 2016303992
ISBN0465036589 (paperback)
ISBN9780465036585 (paperback)

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Joyner General Stacks LA217 .R36 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold