Fear and learning in America : bad data, good teachers, and the attack on public education /

"In this moving account, 'America's Superintendent' John Kuhn lays bare the scare tactics at the root of the modern school 'reform' movement. Kuhn conveys a deeply held passion for the mission and promise of public education through his own experience as a school admini...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kuhn, John (John Matthew) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, [2014]
Series:	Teaching for social justice series.
Subjects:	Public schools > United States. Educational change > United States. Education > Standards > United States. Educational equalization > United States.

Table of Contents:

An unlikely activist
Scaring America
Standardized junk science
Superteachers, miracles, and destructive idealism
The educational dark ages I : ignorance
The educational dark ages II : mendacity
Why we don't fix things
Compounding poverty with inequity
The prescription has failed
Appendix : A layperson's guide for involved teachers, students, and parents.