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Public Education under Siege.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812208320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public Education under SiegeDDC classification:
  • 371.010973
LOC classification:
  • LC191.4.P82 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Perils of Technocratic Educational Reform -- Chapter 1. The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning: How Contemporary School Reform Fails the Test -- Chapter 2. Views from the Black of the Math Classroom -- Chapter 3. Targeting Teachers -- Chapter 4. Firing Line: The Grand Coalition Against Teachers -- Chapter 5. The Bipartisan, and Unfounded, Assault on Teachers' Unions -- Chapter 6. Free-Market Think Tanks and the Marketing of Education Policy -- Chapter 7. The Price of Human Capital: The Illusion of Equal Educational Opportunity -- Chapter 8. Educational Movements, Not Market Moments -- Part II. Education, Race, and Poverty -- Chapter 9. Public Education as Welfare -- Chapter 10. In Search of Equality in School Finance Reform -- Chapter 11. "I Want the White People Here!": The Dark Side of an Urban School Renaissance -- Chapter 12. The Rhetoric of Choice: Segregation, Desegregation, and Charter Schools -- Chapter 13. Criminalizing Kids: The Overlooked Reason for Failing Schools -- Part III. Alternatives to Technocratic Reform -- Chapter 14. Abandoning the Higher Purposes of Public Schools -- Chapter 15. Equity-Minded Instructional Leadership: Turning Up the Volume for English Learners -- Chapter 16. Professional Unionism: Redefining the Role of Teachers and Their Unions in Reform Efforts -- Chapter 17. Pushing Back: How an Environmental Charter School Resisted Test-Driven Pressures -- Chapter 18. The Achievement Gap and the Schools We Need: Creating the Conditions Where Race and Class No Longer Predict Student Achievement -- Chapter 19. !Ya Basta! Challenging Restrictions on English-Language Learners -- Chapter 20. Sharing Responsibility: A Case for Real Parent-School Partnerships -- Chapter 21. Calling the Shots in Public Education: Parents, Politicians, and Educators Clash -- Part IV. Conclusions.
Chapter 22. What Is Education Reform? -- Chapter 23. A Letter to Young Teachers: The Graduation Speech You Won't Hear, But Should -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Public Education Under Siege argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadership.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Perils of Technocratic Educational Reform -- Chapter 1. The Mismeasure of Teaching and Learning: How Contemporary School Reform Fails the Test -- Chapter 2. Views from the Black of the Math Classroom -- Chapter 3. Targeting Teachers -- Chapter 4. Firing Line: The Grand Coalition Against Teachers -- Chapter 5. The Bipartisan, and Unfounded, Assault on Teachers' Unions -- Chapter 6. Free-Market Think Tanks and the Marketing of Education Policy -- Chapter 7. The Price of Human Capital: The Illusion of Equal Educational Opportunity -- Chapter 8. Educational Movements, Not Market Moments -- Part II. Education, Race, and Poverty -- Chapter 9. Public Education as Welfare -- Chapter 10. In Search of Equality in School Finance Reform -- Chapter 11. "I Want the White People Here!": The Dark Side of an Urban School Renaissance -- Chapter 12. The Rhetoric of Choice: Segregation, Desegregation, and Charter Schools -- Chapter 13. Criminalizing Kids: The Overlooked Reason for Failing Schools -- Part III. Alternatives to Technocratic Reform -- Chapter 14. Abandoning the Higher Purposes of Public Schools -- Chapter 15. Equity-Minded Instructional Leadership: Turning Up the Volume for English Learners -- Chapter 16. Professional Unionism: Redefining the Role of Teachers and Their Unions in Reform Efforts -- Chapter 17. Pushing Back: How an Environmental Charter School Resisted Test-Driven Pressures -- Chapter 18. The Achievement Gap and the Schools We Need: Creating the Conditions Where Race and Class No Longer Predict Student Achievement -- Chapter 19. !Ya Basta! Challenging Restrictions on English-Language Learners -- Chapter 20. Sharing Responsibility: A Case for Real Parent-School Partnerships -- Chapter 21. Calling the Shots in Public Education: Parents, Politicians, and Educators Clash -- Part IV. Conclusions.

Chapter 22. What Is Education Reform? -- Chapter 23. A Letter to Young Teachers: The Graduation Speech You Won't Hear, But Should -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments.

Public Education Under Siege argues for a democratic and egalitarian alternative to the test-driven, market-oriented core of current education reform. These short, jargon-free essays cover public policy, teacher unions, economic inequality, race, language diversity, parent involvement, and leadership.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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