Posts Tagged failing schools
When School Reform Goes Wrong
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In this much-needed volume, Nel Noddings uses her extensive experience at every level of schooling to challenge the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Noddings invites readers to think critically about the ideas underlying NCLB, the reform movement that shaped it, and the processes it has put into play. She considers such questions as, Is money the answer to raising test scores? Are failing schools mainly attended by poor children, or are all of our schools failing? D… More >>
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America’s “Failing” Schools: How Parents and Teachers Can Cope With No Child Left Behind
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No Child Left Behind, the legislation signed into law by President Bush in January 2002, is a hugely new important development in the American education. These new laws call for substantially expanded testing, stringent accountablity and annual school-focused report cards at the state, district and school levels. Despite the enormous reach of these new developments, few people actually understand them. This book makes these laws and their implications clear for tea… More >>
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Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools
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How can the education of our nation’s children be improved? Vouchers and charter schools aim to improve education by providing families with more choice in the schooling of their children and by decentralizing the provision of educational services. While supporters argue that school choice is essential to rescue children from failing schools, opponents claim that it may destroy America’s public education system. The authors undertake an exhaustive and critical view … More >>
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