Contributor
Berlatsky, Noah.
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
Description249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:No Child Left Behind is a good law / Pete Wright -- No Child Left Behind is a bad law / Linda Darling-Hammong -- The Race to the Top Program will transform education / Arne Duncan -- The Race to the Top Program will probably fail / Wall Street Journal -- Illinois School funding must be more equitable to help poorer schools / Center for Tax and Budget Accountability -- Deep tax cuts and less spending would improve all Illinois schools / Bruno Behrend ; Teachers' unions block school reform / Center for Union Facts -- Teachers' unions do not block school reform / Diane Ravitch -- Standardized tests are needed to measure student achievement / Patrick Mattimore -- Standarized tests must be redesigned / W. James Popham -- Standardized tests alone should not be used to evaluate students / Bill Ferriter -- Standardized tests are unfair and harmful / Monty Neill -- Standardized tests in English are unfair to ESL students / Kate Menken -- Standardized tests should be given in English to ESL students / Paul Greenberg -- Student test scores should be part of teacher evaluation / Camille Esch -- Teachers should not be evaluated using student test scores / David B. Cohen, Alex Kajitani -- Teacher-training program evaluations should be based on student test scores / Ruben Navarrette -- Teacher-training program evaluation cannot be based on student test scores / Arthur Levine -- Failing schools should be closed / Andy Smarick -- Failing schools should not be closed / Maisie McAdoo -- Labeling schools as failing is unhelpful and unfair / Lois M. Meyer -- Vouchers help students get a better education / Dan Lips -- Vouchers do little to improve individual student achievement / Jason Barnosky -- School vouchers help to reform public schools / Greg Forster -- School vouchers alone cannot reform public schools / Sol Stern -- Charter schools help students / Tony Roberts -- The Success of charter schools is exaggerated / Brian Jones.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."
