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The War Against America's Public Schools Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education
by Bracey, Gerald W.Edition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780321080738
ISBN10:
0321080734
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
9/12/2001
Publisher(s):
Pearson
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Summary
This book provides a comprehensive view of forces such as charters, vouchers, educational management organizations (EMO's), and private schools that are altering the future of public education.Gerald Bracey describes why Americans are nervous about their public schools and examines whether their anxieties are justified. In the first section, the book looks at education reform efforts such as privatization. It then concludes with an overview and analysis of how American schools actually perform on achievement tests and international measures. In the second half of the book, Bracey explores the alternatives to public schools that have sprung up in recent years.For educational administrators, policy makers, and others interested in the changing face of education.
Author Biography
A research psychologist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University, Gerald W. Bracey has worked at all levels of education from school districts to state departments, to universities, to private organizations in the areas of childhood education, testing, and policy analysis
Table of Contents
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| Preface | ix | ||||
| PART I The War on America's Public Schools | 1 | (62) | |||
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3 | (12) | |||
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4 | (11) | |||
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18 | (17) | |||
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28 | (2) | |||
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35 | (9) | |||
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44 | (19) | |||
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46 | (6) | |||
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53 | (3) | |||
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56 | (5) | |||
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61 | (2) | |||
| PART II Invasion of the Privatizers | 63 | (128) | |||
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65 | (38) | |||
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67 | (1) | |||
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68 | (1) | |||
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105 | (31) | |||
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136 | (5) | |||
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150 | (16) | |||
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166 | (3) | |||
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169 | (11) | |||
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| Conclusion | 191 | (2) | |||
| References | 193 | (14) | |||
| Index | 207 |
