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Setting the record straight : responses to misconceptions about public education in the U.S. / Gerald W. Bracey.

By: Publication details: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2004.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780325005942
  • 032500594X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.010973 22 BRA
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Contents;

1. More years in school = Dumber kids?
2. Lousy schools = Lousy workforce?
3. Poverty: Grinding down achievement
4. "Plummeting" SAT scores
5. The shrinking SAT elite
6. No child left behind: The perfect law - as in the perfect storm
7. Handing over schools to business
8. Charter schools go off course
9. Vouchers: A good way to destroy public schools
10. "Dumb" teachers
11. Rising costs, flat scores
12. International comparisons
13. Knowledge nostalgia: The dumbing of America?
14. Hey, big spender
15. Throwing money at the schools
16. Public versus private schools
17. Hanging in or dropping out?


Includes bibliographical references.

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