Education Under Siege

Frauds, Fads, Fantasies and Fictions in Educational Reform

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvArthur Shapiro

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We Americans seem prone to bandwagon onto fads, particularly now that reforming education has become a national priority. Unfortunately, many of those fads now caroming across our continent are outright frauds; some are fantasies, even fictions. Even more unfortunately, many are undermining our public schools, teachers, kids and communities, and pillaging our tax dollars in the process.This book analyzes each major reform--No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, grading schools, evaluating teachers, failing students, vouchers, charters, online virtual charters-- and finds them seriously wanting. We conclude with reforms that work actually helping teachers, kids, parents and communities.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-10-29
Mått157 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor206
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475803075

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Arthur Shapiro is a theoretically-based practitioner, has been a teacher, principal, secondary education director, assistant superintendent and superintendent in inner city, suburban and rural school districts. An educational leadership professor, he writes and consults internationally and nationally on school reform, such as decentralizing into small learning communities, organizational health, leadership, educational policy, supervision and curriculum.

AcknowledgmentsDedicationPrefaceChapter 1 No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Race to the Top (NCLB 2.0), andTheir Basis, The Accountability MovementChapter 2Common Core State Standards Chapter 3Merit and Teacher Evaluation – Another FraudChapter 4Instead of Teacher Evaluation, which Isn’t Working: A Different ApproachChapter 5Evaluating Teachers by Using Value-Added Models (VAMs) (Whatever that Means): Another Political tool to Hold Schools AccountableChapter 6Failing Kids – Still A FailureChapter 7 Evaluating Vs. Grading (Really Rating) SchoolsChapter 8Privatization: Fad, Fraud, Fantasy and/or Fiction?Chapter 9Charter Schools-A Form of PrivatizationChapter 10Vouchers-Another Form of PrivatizationChapter 11Virtual Charter Schools – Privatization on SteroidsChapter 12Miracles (or, Really Mirages) – for the GullibleChapter 13Major Reforms that Really WorkBibliographyAbout the Author

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