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

by Ravitch, Diane

• ISBN13: 9780465025572
• ISBN10: 0465025579
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: PERSEUS

Summary

In her critically acclaimed national best seller, Diane Ravitch examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once fiercely defended. Evaluating wildly popular ideas for restructuring schools, including charter schools and testing, she explains why they have had no positive impact on the quality of American education.

Author Biography

$$$ is a Research Professor of Education at New York University. In 2011, she received the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award from the American Academy of Political and Social Science for her careful use of social science research to advance the public good.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
What I Learned About School Reform	p. 1
Hijacked! How the Standards Movement Turned Into the Testing Movement	p. 15
The Transformation of District 2	p. 31
Lessons from San Diego	p. 47
The Business Model in New York City	p. 69
NCLB: Measure and Punish	p. 93
Choice: The Story of an Idea	p. 113
The Trouble with Accountability	p. 149
What Would Mrs. Ratliff Do?	p. 169
The Billionaire Boys' Club	p. 195
Lessons Learned	p. 223
Epilogue: School and Society	p. 243
Notes	p. 289
Index	p. 325
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