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The War Against Excellence
The Rising Tide of Mediocrity in America's Middle Schools
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2005
Summary
Here, veteran teacher Cheri Pierson Yecke details the chronological history of the middle school movement in the U. S. by tracing its evolution from academically-oriented junior high schools to the dissolution of academics in the middle schools of the late 1980s and beyond. In this book, evidence is presented to show how leaders of this movement designed to use the middle school as a vehicle to promote non-academic goals, contrary to the desires of parents and the community. Favored instructional practices—such as the elimination of ability grouping and the rise in cooperative learning and peer tutoring—have produced coerced egalitarianism, where education performance is equalized by bringing the achievement of gifted and high ability students down to the level of mediocrity.
The War against Excellence examines the impact of:
·The reduction of academic expectations
·Widespread elimination of ability grouping
Features include:
·Examples of how favored middle school instructional practices have been implemented in other countries, and
·An analysis on the implications of these changes for the future of our country
The influence of these changes has seriously crippled our middle schools in their obligation to provide a solid academic foundation for all students. Yecke provides research-based information that will appeal to parents and educators who want to confront problems with specific instructional practices and improve public education.
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Copyright year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-1-57886-227-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-5515-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
269
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Foreword No access
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1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
2. The Growth of the Middle School Movement No access Pages 19 - 50
3. Middle School Curriculum No access Pages 51 - 70
4. Ability Grouping No access Pages 71 - 114
5. Cooperative Learning No access Pages 115 - 142
6. Peer Tutoring No access Pages 143 - 150
7. Analysis of Beliefs and Driving Convictions No access Pages 151 - 182
8. Activist Implementation No access Pages 183 - 204
9. Ethical Considerations No access Pages 205 - 212
10. Implications for the Twenty-First Century No access Pages 213 - 246
