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Zusatztext Given the critical discussion between public and private educational delivery in our country! Drs. Swensson! Ellis! and Shaffer have delivered an excellent book with a non-political analysis that is a good read for practitioners and non-practitioners. Informationen zum Autor Jeff Swensson is a veteran educator who has served in public schools throughout the Midwest. He is the co-author or author of six books that focus on instruction, curriculum, leadership, finance, student learning, and contemporary issues in traditional public education. John Ellis served public education across Indiana as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent, and Director of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents for more than 43 years. He graduated from Ball State University with a BA in education and a Master’s in Education before earning his Ph.D. from Indiana State University. Michael Shaffer spent just over 25 years as an elementary school principal who developed a boys’ book club with over 100 boys who would skip recess to hang out with him to talk about books, and a Boys Read section of the library to facilitate the ease of book choice and access for boys. He has traveled all over the country speaking about getting boys to read. Klappentext The scope of this book embraces a dynamic discussion of the value of traditional public education in the US compared with the free market of schooling expressed by privatization/choice education. Zusammenfassung The scope of this book embraces a dynamic discussion of the value of traditional public education in the US compared with the free market of schooling expressed by privatization/choice education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Climb Out on a Limb with Us! Introduction: How this primer works Chapter 1: The Primary Purpose of Traditional Public Education vs. Free Market Theory Chapter 2: Primer? Primer? We Don't Need a Stinking Primer! Chapter 3: Where in the World Is Traditional Public Education? Chapter 4: The Mechanisms Sold as Education in the Free Market Chapter 5: Let's Meet Two Advocates for Free Market Schooling Chapter 6: The Sinkhole that Is Context of the Free Market Chapter 7: Free Market ATM's from Coast-to-Coast Chapter 8: The Public Good and Traditional Public Education Chapter 9: What We Don't Know About the Free Market Hurts Chapter 10: Students Sold Short in the Free Market Chapter 11: Subtlety in the Free Market: "Yeah, But." Chapter 12: The Free Market Is a Desperate Place; Traditional Public Education to the Rescue Chapter 13: What It Takes to Climb Off the Limb References Author Bio ...
