Slaying Goliath : the passionate resistance to privatization and the fight to save America's public schools / Diane Ravitch.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]Edition: First editionDescription: 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780525655374
- 0525655379
- 371.010973Â 23
- LB2806.36Â .R385 2020
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Thayer Friday Reading Club City Library Adult Non-Fiction | Thayer Friday Reading Club City Library | Adult Books | 371.01 Ravitch (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35321000091404 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index.
Disruption Is Not Reform! -- The Odious Status Quo -- What Do the Disrupters Want? -- Meet the Resistance -- The Beginning of the End of Disruption -- The Resistance to High-Stakes Standardized Testing -- Rewards and Punishments Are Not Good Motivators -- Bait and Switch: How Liberals Were Duped into Embracing School Choice -- School Choice, Deregulation and Corruption -- The Resistance Fights Back -- The Resistance Goes National -- Dark Money in Massachusetts and Connecticut -- The Miracles That Weren't: New Orleans and Florida -- Common Core and a Gaggle of Other Failed Reforms -- The Teachers Revolt -- Goliath Stumbl
"An in-depth look at the failed efforts to privatize public schools and the victories of those who have fought to save America's public school system"--
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