"Originally published in hardcover, in slightly different form, in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2020"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and index.
Contents:
Goliath stumbles. The odious status quo -- What do the disrupters want? -- Meet the resistance -- The beginning of the end of disruption -- The resistance to high-stakes standardized testing -- Rewards and punishments are not good motivators -- Bait and switch : how liberals were duped into embracing school choice -- School choice, deregulation, and corruption -- The resistance fights back -- The resistance goes national -- Dark money in Massachusetts and Connecticut -- The miracles that weren't : New Orleans and Florida -- Common Core and a gaggle of other failed reforms -- The teachers revolt -- Goliath stumbles.
Summary:
"From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America's public schools. Diane Ravitch writes of a true grassroots movement sweeping the country, from cities and towns across America, a movement dedicated to protecting public schools from those who are funding privatization and who believe that America's schools should be run like businesses and that children should be treated like customers or products. Slaying Goliath is about the power of democracy, about the dangers of plutocracy, and about the potential of ordinary people--armed like David with only a slingshot of ideas, energy, and dedication--to prevail against those who are trying to divert funding away from our historic system of democratically governed, nonsectarian public schools. Among the lessons learned from the global pandemic of 2020 is the importance of our public schools and their teachers and the fact that distance learning can never replace human interaction, the personal connection between teachers and students."--Publisher's website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.