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9781594030581

Breaking Free : Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice

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    9781594030581

  • ISBN10:

    1594030588

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-08-01
  • Publisher: Encounter Books
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Summary

While spending time in his children's New York City schools, Sol Stern found a depressing scene: instruction dominated by progressive fads and politically correct cliches; dictatorial unions that protect bad teachers; and an arrogant bureaucracy that puts employees' interests ahead of students' needs.

Author Biography

Sol Stern has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Republic and other publications. A contributing editor of City Journal, he lives with his family in New York City

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(16)
My Public School Lessons
One P.S. 87: The Dream School of the Upper West Side
17(22)
Two In the Middle
39(26)
Three Stuyvesant High School's Dirty Little Secret
65(36)
Union Dues
Four Our Teachers and Their Union
101(28)
Five Public Education's Twilight Zone
129(18)
Six Shake the Money Tree
147(22)
The Imperative of School Choice
Seven Catholic School Lessons
169(24)
Eight The Schools That Vouchers Built
193(22)
Nine The Imperative of School Choice
215(22)
Epilogue 237(12)
Acknowledgments 249(2)
Index 251

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