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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, [2016]Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: xliv, 354 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0465036589
  • 9780465036585
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 379.1
LOC classification:
  • LA 217.2 R256d 2016
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.
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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LA 217.2 R256d 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000120144

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index.

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.

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.

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