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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
The Death and Life of the Great American School System How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Author: Diane Ravitch
ISBN-13: 9780465014910
ISBN-10: 0465014917
Publication Date: 3/2/2010
Pages: 296
Rating:
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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4.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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A scathing rebuke to a system dominated by charters, accountability, and bullying by foundations like Broad, Walton, and Gates. This book doesn't get everything right, but it gets enough right that if every American read this book, we could create reform worthy of the word and escape the dead end of inappropriate and unproven market based "reforms" we find ourselves in. Read it.