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Gadfly on the wall : a public school teacher speaks out on racism and reform
- Title
- Gadfly on the wall : a public school teacher speaks out on racism and reform / Steven Singer.
- Author
- Singer, Steven D., 1952-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Garn Press, 2017.
- © 2017.
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Details
- Description
- 233 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Part 1. Racism and prejudice -- I am racist and (if you're white) you probably are, too -- Whiteness -- the lie made true -- Prejudice of poverty -- why Americans hate the poor and worship the rich -- Decolonizing through dialogue -- authentic teaching in the age of testing and Common Core -- White people need to stop snickering at black names -- A moment of silence for Michael Brown -- I am a public school teacher -- give me all the refugees you've got! -- The killer in my classroom -- Part 2. School choice -- Top 10 reasons school choice is no choice -- Why schools should NOT be run like businesses -- The racists roots and racist indocrination of school choice -- School vouchers -- transubstantiate your cash for fun and profit -- School vouchers will indoctrinate a generation in alternative truths -- Part 3. Testing -- U.S. public schools are NOT failing -- they're among the best in the world -- Standardized tests have always been about keeping people in their place -- Standardized testing creates captive markets -- Not my daughter -- one dad's journey to protect his little girl from toxic testing -- Standardized tests every day -- the competency based education scam -- Co-opting the language of authentic education -- the competency based education cuckoo -- Close reading -- myopia as a virtue -- Why is Common Core still here? -- National academic standards -- turning public education into McSchools -- Part 4. Teaching -- Putting the arts back in language arts -- one journal at a time -- Forget corporations -- unions really ARE people -- Unions can't just be about what we're allowed to do -- social justice unionism -- Summer break -- the least understood and most maligned aspect of a teacher's life -- Check your wallet! You too can be an expert on teacher tenure! -- The worst sort of violence against children -- Life or death professional development -- The longest lasting lesson -- a thank you to all the excellent teachers I've ever had.
- ISBN
- 9781942146674
- 1942146671
- 9781942146681 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017948574
- OCLC
- on1047702367
- SCSB-14404727
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library