The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Ravitch, Diane

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education experts In this landmark...
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Author: Diane Ravitch
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Ravitch, Diane

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

€31,61

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

€31,61
Author: Diane Ravitch
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education experts

In this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch critiques today's most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, the Common Core, standardized testing, the replacement of teachers by technology, charter schools, and vouchers. She shows conclusively why the business model is not an appropriate way to improve schools. Using examples from major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and San Diego, Ravitch makes the case that public education today is in peril and includes clear prescriptions for improving America's schools.

The Death and Life of the Great American School System is more than just an analysis of the state of play of the American education system. It is a must-read for any stakeholder in the future of American schooling.



Author: Diane Ravitch
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 06/28/2016
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780465036585
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the former Assistant Secretary of Education and a former member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal testing program. The author of ten books, including Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools. Ravitch lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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