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The dismantling of public education and how to stop it
- Title
- The dismantling of public education and how to stop it / Elaine B. Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Elaine B.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 140 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1: What Do You Want from Public Schools? Humanity's Common Culture Chapter 2: What's Business Doing to America's Schools? Change Society The Business Commandment to Set Targets and Stress Accountability Gives Education Standardized Achievement Tests. Should Parents be Glad? Business Targets and Tests The Disturbing Truth about Standardized Achievement Tests The Norm-Referenced Test: Designed to Limit Student Success Standardized Achievement Questions Ignore Course Content How Tests Affect Children Testing that Benefits Children Parents Know Better Measurable Targets Sabotage Quality Education Business is Taking Over: Educational Management Organizations (EMOs) Run Schools Chapter 3: Modern Science--A Guide to Better Schools The Newtonian Worldview What is Reality? The Quantum View Summary: Conceptual Highlights of Quantum Theory The Principle of Interdependence The Principle of Interdependence and Education The Principle of Self-Organization The Principle of Self-Organization and Education The Principle of Differentiation The Principle of Differentiation and Education The New Worldview says "Manage the Means" Chapter 4: Improving Your Child's Public School Money Matters A Success Story Wise Leadership According to the Principles of Modern Science Leadership and Principle I.
- Leadership and Principle III: Differentiation Involving Parents and the Community Teachers Make All the Difference Our Great Responsibility: Improving Traditional Public Schools Chapters 5: Parents Take Note: Good Teaching Connects Lessons with Life The Effectiveness of Teaching in Context, with Examples from History, Science, and Foreign Languages Modern Science Explains Context Interrelatedness and Context Self-Organization and Context Differentiation and Context The Elements of Contextual Teaching Is There an Easy Way to Learn Hard Subjects? Everybody Learns Science in Context Everybody Learns Foreign Languages in Context Everyone Can Excel Chapter 6: Mathematics and Clear Thinking for Everyone.
- ISBN
- 1578860741
- 9781578860746
- LCCN
- 2003011920
- OCLC
- ocm52341622
- 52341622
- SCSB-8892286
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library