Author:
Stotsky, Sandra, author.
ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Descriptionxvi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:The deteriorating curriculum in American high schools -- What policy makers, educators, and education researchers have examined -- Teachers of minority students in 1966 -- Non-school factors influencing low achievement -- What non-education researchers have explored since 1966 -- Why philanthropists have wasted money on low-achieving schools -- Why we don't learn from failed or effective policies -- Public deception -- Gap-closing as an educational goal -- How to begin altering the roots of low achievement -- Finale: Altering the roots of low achievement.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:"This book explains how public education in this country became dysfunctional as a result of the education policies and programs funded by the federal government to address low academic achievement."-- Provided by publisher.
