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Winds of change : declaring war on education / Darlene Leiding.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xix, 120 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1610488210
  • 9781610488211
  • 1610488229
  • 9781610488228
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.973 23
LOC classification:
  • LA217.2 .L446 2012
Contents:
Introduction education: reading, writing, and futility -- Are public schools hazardous to our health?: heated rhetoric and force of habit inhibit change -- School culture: whatever it takes -- The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools -- A tornado brews: who will save children of color? -- ELL, portrait of a population: how English language learners are putting schools to the test -- Dangerous schools: when will we stop the violence? -- Children of poverty: the ongoing debate -- Who influences education in America?: can anyone? -- New trends in education: competition, unemployment, digital devices and American education -- Future trends in education: why study the future? -- Results matter: the key to saving American education.
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Introduction education: reading, writing, and futility -- Are public schools hazardous to our health?: heated rhetoric and force of habit inhibit change -- School culture: whatever it takes -- The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools -- A tornado brews: who will save children of color? -- ELL, portrait of a population: how English language learners are putting schools to the test -- Dangerous schools: when will we stop the violence? -- Children of poverty: the ongoing debate -- Who influences education in America?: can anyone? -- New trends in education: competition, unemployment, digital devices and American education -- Future trends in education: why study the future? -- Results matter: the key to saving American education.

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