Exploring the myths and realities of today's schools : a candid review of the challenges educators face /

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This sympathetic look at the daily work life of our educators directly confronts issues with our changing student population, teacher unions, poor family dynamics, financial inequities, and student performance on international achievement tests. The author offers data and insights that counter the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McAdams, Richard P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2010.
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > History.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
Education
Public schools
United States
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Teachers: the heart of the matter
  • Daily life of a teacher
  • Demographic changes and student achievement
  • The impact of teacher unions
  • The myth of merit pay
  • School charters, vouchers, and privatization
  • The legal tangle in education
  • Curriculum and instruction: the what and how of schooling
  • Students then and now
  • The parent factor
  • The limits of local control
  • School boards
  • The superintendent: CEO of the school district
  • The critical role of the school principal
  • Special education and other special services
  • School finance
  • Schools as organizations
  • International comparisons
  • Final exam.

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