Reclaiming the Teaching Profession : Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education.
Hatch, J. Amos.
Reclaiming the Teaching Profession : Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (180 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Debunking the Assumptions of the Education Reform Agenda -- 1 Assumption 1 -- 2 Assumption 2 -- 3 Assumption 3 -- 4 Assumption 4 -- 5 Assumption 5 -- 6 Assumption 6 -- 7 Assumption 7 -- 8 Assumption 8 -- 9 Assumption 9 -- 10 Assumption 10 -- Part II: Speaking Truth to Power -- 11 Exposing the Forces Behind Educational Reform -- 12 Talking Back to Those Who Want to Destroy Public Education -- 13 Strategies for Reclaiming Our Profession -- Appendix A: ALEC Model Legislation Examples -- Appendix B: Organizations, Websites, and Blogs -- Index.
This book details, and provides a systematic critique of, the shaky assumptions at the foundation of the market-based reform initiatives that dominate the contemporary education scene. It names and exposes the motives and methods of the powerful philanthropists, politicians, business moguls, and education entrepreneurs who are behind the reform movement.
9781475810325
Education -- Standards -- United States.
Electronic books.
LA217.2 -- .H383 2015eb
371.010973
Reclaiming the Teaching Profession : Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (180 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Debunking the Assumptions of the Education Reform Agenda -- 1 Assumption 1 -- 2 Assumption 2 -- 3 Assumption 3 -- 4 Assumption 4 -- 5 Assumption 5 -- 6 Assumption 6 -- 7 Assumption 7 -- 8 Assumption 8 -- 9 Assumption 9 -- 10 Assumption 10 -- Part II: Speaking Truth to Power -- 11 Exposing the Forces Behind Educational Reform -- 12 Talking Back to Those Who Want to Destroy Public Education -- 13 Strategies for Reclaiming Our Profession -- Appendix A: ALEC Model Legislation Examples -- Appendix B: Organizations, Websites, and Blogs -- Index.
This book details, and provides a systematic critique of, the shaky assumptions at the foundation of the market-based reform initiatives that dominate the contemporary education scene. It names and exposes the motives and methods of the powerful philanthropists, politicians, business moguls, and education entrepreneurs who are behind the reform movement.
9781475810325
Education -- Standards -- United States.
Electronic books.
LA217.2 -- .H383 2015eb
371.010973