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Setting the Record Straight : Responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the U. S. by Gerald W. Bracey (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHeinemann
ISBN-10032500594X
ISBN-139780325005942
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309341083
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSetting the Record Straight : Responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the U. S.
Publication Year2004
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Finance, General, Counseling / Academic Development
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaEducation
AuthorGerald W. Bracey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN2004-010979
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromKindergarten
IllustratedYes
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal371.01/0973
SynopsisGerald Bracey knows there are three kinds of lies in education policy: lies, damned lies, and the statistics that reactionary reformers tout as evidence in favor of dismantling our public schools. In this second and substantially updated edition of the hard-hitting Setting the Record Straight , Bracey, whom Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews called "one of this country's most authoritative defenders of the work of public school teachers," goes toe-to-toe with the opponents of quality public education. You'll learn how to discredit them in your own discussions by using the very logic and statistical analyses they purport to have on their side. In this series of smart, forceful analyses, Bracey homes in on specific topics like vouchers, school funding, and comparisons to international test scores, themes around which agitators have created a host of mythological American school failures from the flimsiest of evidence. In fact, each essay begins with a question you might commonly hear in conversation about these alleged shortcomings, to which Bracey provides a brief, sound- byte-ready rebuttal. Then he follows it up with a full-length explanation, replete with statistical data and talking points that fully support his assertions-and silence those who would undermine education with disinformation. Beginning in his introduction with the seed that germinated in Ronald Reagan's "Nation at Risk" sloganeering and quickly fast-forwarding to the present-day federal intrusion into schools that has propelled so many political careers, Bracey stamps out the weeds of anti-public education advocacy and leaves no threat to quality teaching and learning behind. With Gerald Bracey and the truth behind you, you'll confidently take on the foes of public education in your own community and never again be cowed by the insidious arguments of education "reformers.", Gerald Bracey knows there are three kinds of lies in education policy: lies, damned lies, and the statistics that reactionary reformers tout as evidence in favor of dismantling our public schools. In this second and substantially updated edition of the hard-hitting Setting the Record Straight , Bracey, whom Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews called one of this country's most authoritative defenders of the work of public school teachers, goes toe-to-toe with the opponents of quality public education. You'll learn how to discredit them in your own discussions by using the very logic and statistical analyses they purport to have on their side. In this series of smart, forceful analyses, Bracey homes in on specific topics like vouchers, school funding, and comparisons to international test scores, themes around which agitators have created a host of mythological American school failures from the flimsiest of evidence. In fact, each essay begins with a question you might commonly hear in conversation about these alleged shortcomings, to which Bracey provides a brief, sound- byte-ready rebuttal. Then he follows it up with a full-length explanation, replete with statistical data and talking points that fully support his assertions-and silence those who would undermine education with disinformation. Beginning in his introduction with the seed that germinated in Ronald Reagan's Nation at Risk sloganeering and quickly fast-forwarding to the present-day federal intrusion into schools that has propelled so many political careers, Bracey stamps out the weeds of anti-public education advocacy and leaves no threat to quality teaching and learning behind. With Gerald Bracey and the truth behind you, you'll confidently take on the foes of public education in your own community and never again be cowed by the insidious arguments of education reformers.
LC Classification NumberLA217.2.B73 2004
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