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Reclaiming the Teaching Profession : Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475810325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reclaiming the Teaching ProfessionDDC classification:
  • 371.010973
LOC classification:
  • LA217.2 -- .H383 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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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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