What's right/what's wrong with today's schools?
Subtitle: exploring the myths and the realities
By: Richard P. McAdams
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607098492; 9781607098508; 9781607098515
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Teachers: the heart of the matter; title: Daily life of a teacher; title: Demographic changes and student achievement; title: The impact of teacher unions; title: The myth of merit pay; title: School charters, vouchers and privatization; title: The legal tangle in education; title: Curriculum and instruction: the what and how of schooling; title: Students then and now; title: The parent factor; title: The limits of local control; title: School boards; title: The superintendent: CEO of the school district; title: The critical role of the school principal; title: Special education and other special services; title: School finance; title: Schools as organizations; title: International comparisons; title: Final exam.