Schoolhouse Shams - Myths and Misinformation in School Reform

Informationen zum Autor Peter Downs is a former member and president of the St. Louis Board of Education. He is a business writer and editor of a trade magazine. His children study in public schools. Klappentext Written by a parent and school board member, who first embraced many of the ideas of the modern school reform movement, Schoolhouse Shams lays bare much of the mythology and misinformation that underpin many of the failed school reform policies of the last decade. Zusammenfassung Written by a parent and school board member! who first embraced many of the ideas of the modern school reform movement! Schoolhouse Shams lays bare much of the mythology and misinformation that underpin many of the failed school reform policies of the last decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Sham One: Desegregation Destroyed Schools Sham Two: Testing Answers Everything Sham Three: Reading is the Basis of All Learning Sham Four: Teaching Means Not Worrying About Students Learning Sham Five: Public Schools Are Too Wasteful Sham Six: Private is Better Sham Seven: Shopping is the Answer Sham Eight: Democracy Ruins Schools Sham Nine: Justice Has No Place in Education Sham Ten: It's All About the Children Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Peter Downs, Downs Peter
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2012
• EAN: 9781610488341
• ISBN: 978-1-61048-834-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy