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Reclaiming the Teaching Profession
Transforming the Dialogue on Public Education
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2015
Summary
Reclaiming the Teaching Profession gives educators (especially teachers and future teachers) and their allies a clear overview of the massive effort to dismantle public education in the United States, which includes a direct attack on teachers. The book details, and provides a systematic critique of, the shaky assumptions at the foundation of the market-based reform initiatives that dominate the contemporary education scene. It names and exposes the motives and methods of the powerful philanthropists, politicians, business moguls, and education entrepreneurs who are behind the reform movement. It provides counter narratives that public school advocates can use to talk back to those who would destroy the teaching profession and public education. It includes examples of successful acts of resistance and identifies resources for challenging reformers’ taken for granted primacy in the education debate. It concludes with strategies educators can use to “speak truth to power,” reclaim their professional status, and reshape the education landscape in ways that serve all of America’s children and preserve our democracy.
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Edition
1/2015
Copyright Year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1031-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1032-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
164
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
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11 Exposing the Forces Behind Educational Reform No access
12 Talking Back to Those Who Want to Destroy Public Education No access
13 Strategies for Reclaiming Our Profession No access
Appendix A: ALEC Model Legislation Examples No access Pages 147 - 152
Appendix B: Organizations, Websites, and Blogs No access Pages 153 - 160
