Misplaced Blame - Decades of Failing Schools, Their Children, and Their Teachers

Misplaced Blame: Decades of Failing Schools, Their Children and Their Teachers examines the underlying causes of why schools fail.

List of contents

Foreword by Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Failing Schools
2. The Realities of an Underfunded School: August, September
3. Regulating Teaching: October
4. Drugs, Poverty, and Test Scores: November, December
5. Test Preparation, The Pace Quickens: January, February
6. "The People in Washington Should See This School": March, April
7. The End of a School Year and Recommendations for Policy Change
8. The Changing Roles of Teachers
9. Some Costs of Poverty and Glimmers of Hope
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Bonnie Johnson

Summary

Misplaced Blame: Decades of Failing Schools, Their Children and Their Teachers examines the underlying causes of why schools fail.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie Johnson, Johnson Bonnie
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781475852288
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5228-8
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy