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

Title
Exploring the myths and realities of today's schools : a candid review of the challenges educators face / Richard P. McAdams.
Author
McAdams, Richard P.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010.

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Description
xiii, 197 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
A sympathetic look at the daily work of our educators directly confronting issues with our changing student population, teachers unions, poor family dynamics, financial inequities, and student performance on international achievement tests.
Subject
Public schools > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9781607098492 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1607098490 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781607098508 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1607098504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781607098515 (electronic)
  • 1607098512 (electronic)
LCCN
^^2010018494