How can we fix America's floundering public schools? Conventional wisdom says that schools and teachers need a lot more money, that poor and immigrant children can't do as well as most American kids, that high-stakes tests just produce teaching to the test, and that vouchers do little to help students while undermining our democracy. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? Jay Greene provocatively shows that much of what people believe about education policy is little more than a series of myths advanced by the special interest groups dominating public education.
Jay P. Greene
Jay P. Greene, Ph.D. is Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and Chair, Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas. Degrees: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ph.D. in Political Science in June 1995; A.M. in Political Science in November 1991 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, B.A. in History, Summa Cum Laude in May, 1988; Phi Beta Kappa 1987
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Category: Family & Parenting
Format: Book (Paperback) (288)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Date Published: Jan 09, 2006
Language: English
ISBN: 9780742549784
SKU: LT-927
Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.75 (in)
Weight: 13.60 oz