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Exploring the myths and realities of today's schools : a candid review of the challenges educators face / Richard P. McAdams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1607098490
  • 9781607098492
  • 1607098504
  • 9781607098508
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.973 22
LOC classification:
  • LA217.2 .M391 2010
Contents:
Teachers: the heart of the matter -- Daily life of a teacher -- Demographic changes and student achievement -- The impact of teacher unions -- The myth of merit pay -- School charters, vouchers, and privatization -- The legal tangle in education -- Curriculum and instruction: the what and how of schooling -- Students then and now -- The parent factor -- The limits of local control -- School boards -- The superintendent: CEO of the school district -- The critical role of the school principal -- Special education and other special services -- School finance -- Schools as organizations -- International comparisons -- Final exam.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 370.973 MCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A504102B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 370.973 MCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A504101B

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Teachers: the heart of the matter -- Daily life of a teacher -- Demographic changes and student achievement -- The impact of teacher unions -- The myth of merit pay -- School charters, vouchers, and privatization -- The legal tangle in education -- Curriculum and instruction: the what and how of schooling -- Students then and now -- The parent factor -- The limits of local control -- School boards -- The superintendent: CEO of the school district -- The critical role of the school principal -- Special education and other special services -- School finance -- Schools as organizations -- International comparisons -- Final exam.

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