Restoring honor to public schools
Subtitle: a teacher's vision for American education
By: William E. Smith.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781578869282; 9781578869299; 9781578869305
Subjects: Public schools -- United States; Educational accountability -- United States; Education and state -- United States; Educational change -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Learning to honor education: a lesson from Akina; title: The good news about America's schools; title: How politicians and journalists shape public perceptions of schools; title: The consequences of misrepresenting public school quality; title: High stakes accountability measures and illusions of quality; title: A tale of two teachers: the passionate professional and the dispirited functionary; title: The "No Child Left Behind" act: illusion and reality; title: The truth about the children left behind; title: The NAEP and international assessments: education's "catch 22"; title: The political process of educational reform: how parents, educators, and children get left behind; title: Why nostalgia is a poor basis for educational policy; title: The shortcomings of common sense as a basis for educational policy; title: Honoring teachers and teaching; title: Elevating our nation's public discourse about education.