The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch.

Author: Ravitch, Diane, author.

Edition Statement:Revised and expanded edition.

ImprintNew York : Basic Books, [2016]

Descriptionxliv, 354 pages ; 22 cm

Note:What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked! How the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City -- NCLB: measure and punish -- Choice: the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned -- Epilogue: School and society.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index.

Note:Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.

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