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Author:

Ravitch, Diane.

Title:

The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Public schools--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
School choice--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-271) and index.

Contents:

What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked!: how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of district 2 -- 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.

Summary:

Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.

ISBN:

0465014917 (alk. paper)
9780465014910

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435418514

LCCN:

2009050406

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