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Setting the record straight : responses to misconceptions about public education in the U.S. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bracey, Gerald W. (Gerald Watkins)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2004]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Education > United States > Finance.
Table of Contents:
  • More years in school = dumber kids?
  • Lousy schools = lousy workforce?
  • Poverty: grinding down achievement
  • "Plummeting" SAT scores
  • The shrinking SAT elite
  • No child left behind: the perfect law--as in The perfect storm
  • Handing over schools to business
  • Charter schools go off course
  • Vouchers: a good way to destroy public schools
  • "Dumb" teachers
  • Rising costs, flat scores
  • International comparisons
  • Knowledge nostalgia: the dumbing of America?
  • Hey, big spender
  • Throwing money at the schools
  • Public versus private schools
  • Hanging in or dropping out?