, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Book Titles No access
The Buying and Selling of American Education
Reimagining a System of Schools for All Children
Authors:
|
Publisher:
2022
Summary
American educators and policy makers have grown increasingly frustrated in recent decades as attempts to enhance equity and bring American student learning to the level experienced in other countries have faltered. Recent efforts have included the standards movement as well as broad expansion of “school choice.” These endeavors, which largely rely on market-based thinking, assume that individual schools and teachers have the will and ability to do better, if only prodded by competition and other sticks and carrots. Such attempts overlook flaws in a system developed to provide a “common” education while also subdividing resources to maintain privilege for some. This book traces the history of American education as a foundation to examining persistent weaknesses in education today. Meaningful reform and improvement, which are urgent needs, will require broad, systemic change, based on the engagement of many sectors.
This book offers a vision for such reform. Following successful models in other countries suggests options for moving away from current, deeply enmired, systemic inequities, to a system better suited to meeting a broad range of educational needs. A portfolio of diverse schools, regionally administered and held accountable for student learning, presents an option for moving away from inequitable district structures and scatter-shot “choice” options. The critical questions are how to get there from here, and do we have the will to do so? The book concludes with suggestions on how to start the process.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-640-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-642-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
277
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: An Overview of American Education: The Importance of American Education History No access Pages 1 - 32
1 School as We Know It No access Pages 33 - 64
2 On Teachers No access Pages 65 - 104
3 School Choice No access Pages 105 - 150
4 Engagement No access Pages 151 - 180
5 School Governance in America No access Pages 181 - 212
6 A New System of Education: Starting from Scratch No access Pages 213 - 248
