School reform
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- ISBN: 9780737772869
- ISBN: 0737772867
- ISBN: 9780737772876
- ISBN: 0737772875
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216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | What policies should guide school reform? The Common Core state standards are good for education / Council of Chief State School Officers -- Why Common Core isn't the answer / Marion Brady -- Federal spending on education should be limited / Lindsey M. Burke -- Government spending on education needs to be more equitable / Marin Gjaja, J. Puckett, and Matt Ryder -- Teachers' unions should be eliminated / Richard A. Epstein -- Teachers' unions are a positive force for education / Amy B. Dean -- How should students, teachers, and schools be evaluated? Standardized testing is harming student learning / Mary Elizabeth Williams -- Standardized testing is a good way to measure student learning / Herbert J. Walberg -- Disappearing act : end the testing fixation before it erases more meaningful education / Virginia Myers -- Evaluating teachers by student test scores can be arbitrary / Molly Rusk -- Students should evaluate their teachers / Amanda Ripley -- What role should school choice play in school reform? School vouchers are a good way to promote school choice / Casey Given -- Winning the war on charter schools / Reihan Salam -- Charter schools are a bad idea / Diane Ravitch -- Why school choice fails / Natalie Hopkinson -- The entire public school system should be abolished / C. Bradley Thompson -- Should curriculum content in schools be reformed? Math has to be at least a little boring / Konstantin Kakaes -- How much math do we really need? / G.V. Ramanathan -- Teachers should have the freedom to teach critiques of evolution / John W. Whitehead -- Schools should teach about religion / Mark Fowler and Marisa Fasciano -- Allowing schools to teach about religion is dangerous / Kevin Ryan. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | LA 217.2 .S366 2015 | 30775305492440 | General Collection | Available | - |