William E. Smith

Restoring Honor to Public Schools

A Teacher's Vision for American Education

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Restoring Honor to Public Schools: A Teacher's Vision for American Education, draws upon its author's thirty years of experience to offer an insider's look at teaching and learning, providing thoughtful and achievable recommendations for honoring teachers and teaching and restoring civility and intelligence to our nation's discourse about education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781578869299
• ISBN-10: 1578869293
• Artikelnr.: 25517591

Autorenporträt

By William E. Smith - Foreword by Gerald Bracey

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Reality,
the Image, and the Discrediting of America's Public Schools Chapter 3
Learning to Honor Education: A Lesson from Akina Chapter 4 The Good News
about America's Schools Chapter 5 How Politicians and Journalists Shape
Public Perceptions of Schools Chapter 6 The Consequences of Misrepresenting
Public School Quality Part 7 Illusions, Misguided Notions, and Questionable
Intentions: How Educational Policymaking Has Gone Wrong Chapter 8 High
Stakes Accountability Measures and Illusions of Quality Chapter 9 A Tale of
Two Teachers: The Passionate Professional and the Dispirited Functionary
Chapter 10 The No Child Left Behind Act: Illusion and Reality Chapter 11
The Truth about the Children Left Behind Chapter 12 The NAEP and
International Assessments: Education's Catch-22 Chapter 13 The Political
Process of Educational Reform: How Parents, Educators, and Children Get
Left Behind Chapter 14 Why Nostalgia Is a Poor Basis for Educational Policy
Chapter 15 The Shortcomings of Common Sense as a Basis for Educational
Policy Part 16 Honoring Teachers and the Process of Educational Change:
Making a Commitment to Sound Principles Chapter 17 Honoring Teachers and
Teaching Chapter 18 Elevating Our Nation's Public Discourse about Education
Chapter 19 Afterword