Setting the record straight
Subtitle: responses to misconceptions about public education in the U.S.
By: Gerald W. Bracey.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Public schools -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States; Education -- United States -- Finance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: More years in school = dumber kids?; title: Lousy schools = lousy workforce?; title: The terrible impact of poverty; title: "Plummeting" sat scores; title: The shrinking sat elite; title: No child left behind: a weapon of mass destruction; title: Handing over schools to business; title: The rush to charter schools; title: Vouchers: a good way to destroy public schools; title: Dumb teachers; title: Rising costs, flat scores; title: International comparisons; title: Knowledge nostalgia: the dumbing of america?; title: Hey, big spender; title: Throwing money at the schools; title: Public versus private schools; title: Hanging in or dropping out?