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Document Type: | Book |
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Diane Ravitch |
ISBN: | 9780465014910 0465014917 |
OCLC Number: | 435418514 |
Description: | x, 283 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked!: how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of district -- 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. |
Responsibility: | Diane Ravitch. |
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E. D. Hirsch, Jr., author of Cultural Literacy, The Schools We Need, and The Making of Americans "No citizen can afford to ignore this brave book by our premier historian of education. Diane Ravitch shines a bright, corrective light on the exaggerated claims of school reformers on both the left and the right, and offers an utterly convincing case for abandoning quick fixes in favor of nurturing the minds and hearts of our students from the earliest years with enabling knowledge and values." New York Times"Ms. Ravitch...writes with enormous authority and common sense." The Nation"In an age when almost everybody has an opinion about schools, Ravitch's name must be somewhere near the top of the Rolodex of every serious education journalist in this country." Wall Street Journal"Ms. Ravitch [is] the country's soberest, most history-minded education expert."Christian Science Monitor"Ravitch's hopeful vision is of a national curriculum - she's had enough of fly-by-night methods and unchallenging requirements. She's impatient with education that is not personally transformative. She believes there is experience and knowledge of art, literature, history, science, and math that every public school graduate should have." Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education "Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholars--one who reports her findings and conclusions, even when they go against conventional wisdom and even when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused positions. A 'must' read for all who truly care about American education." Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education, Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National Commission for Teaching & America's Future "Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating both the central importance of strong public education and the central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares about public education should read this book." NYSun.com "Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach, saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms. Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver bullets that never seem to find their mark." Los Angeles Times "The Death and Life of the Great American School System may yet inspire a lot of high-level rethinking." Valerie Strauss, Washington Post "Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in school or not--to read The Death and Life of the Great American School System." Booklist, starred "For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a very important book." Library Journal, starred "[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation, and how we can put it back on track...Anyone interested in education should definitely read this accessible, riveting book." "NYSun.com" "Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach, saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms. Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver bullets that never seem to find their mark." "Los Angeles Times" ""The Death and Life of the Great American School System" may yet inspire a lot of high-level rethinking." Valerie Strauss, "Washington Post" "Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in school or not--to read "The Death and Life of the Great American School System."" "Booklist," starred "For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a very important book." Library Journal, starred "[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation, and how we can put it back on track...Anyone interested in education should definitely read this accessible, riveting book." Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education "Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholars--one who reports her findings and conclusions, even when they go against conventional wisdom and even when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused positions. A 'must' read for all who truly care about American education." Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education, Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National Commission for Teaching & America's Future "Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating both the central importance of strong public education and the central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares ab "NYSun.com""Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach, saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms. Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver bullets that never seem to find their mark." "Los Angeles Times"""The Death and Life of the Great American School System"may yet inspire a lot of high-level rethinking." Valerie Strauss, "Washington Post""Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in school or not--to read"The Death and Life of the Great American School System."" "Booklist," starred"For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a very important book." Library Journal, starred"[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation, and how we can put ite Read more...


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