Exploring the myths and realities of today's schools : a candid review of the challenges educators face / Richard P. McAdams.
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TextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xiii, 197 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1607098490
- 9781607098492
- 1607098504
- 9781607098508
- 370.973 22
- LA217.2 .M391 2010
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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