Setting the Record Straight Responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the U. S.

Name: Setting the Record Straight Responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the U. S.
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ISBN: 9780325005942

ISBN-10: 032500594X

ISBN-13: 9780325005942

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Gerald W. Bracey

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Gerald Bracey knows there are three kinds of lies in education policy: lies, damned lies, and the statistics that reactionary reformers tout as evidence in favor of dismantling our public schools. In this second and substantially updated edition of the hard-hitting Setting the Record Straight, Bracey, whom Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews called one of this country's most authoritative defenders of the work of public school teachers, goes toe-to-toe with the opponents of quality public education. You'll learn how to discredit them in your own discussions by using the very logic and statistical analyses they purport to have on their side. In this series of smart, forceful…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 8/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Why People Need This Book


Note About This Edition


Introduction



More Years in School = Dumber Kids?



Lousy Schools = Lousy Workforce?



Poverty: Grinding Down Achievement



"Plummeting" SAT Scores



The Shrinking SAT Elite



No Child Left Behind: The Perfect Law-as in The Perfect Storm



Handing Over Schools to Business



Charter Schools Go Off Course



Vouchers: A Good Way to Destroy Public Schools



"Dumb" Teachers



Rising Costs, Flat Scores



International Comparisons



Knowledge Nostalgia: The Dumbing of America?



Hey, Big Spender



Throwing Money at the Schools



Public Versus Private Schools



Hanging In or Dropping Out?


Afterword