Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Ravitch, Diane. Title: The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010. Description: x, 283 p. ; 25 cm. Summary: Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools. Subjects: Public schools -- United States. Educational accountability -- United States. Educational tests and measurements -- United States. School choice -- United States. Other Title: American school system. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-271) and index. Contents: What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked! : how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- transformation of District 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- business model in New York City -- NCLB [No Child Left Behind] : measure and punish -- Choice : the story of an idea -- trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned. LCCN: 2009050406 ISBN: 9780465014910 0465014917 Other Number: 435418514 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 261927 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 379.73 Ravitch Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
