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Reign of Error The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to Americas Public Schools

Diane Ravitch

Are America's public schools really failing, or is a sense of crisis being used to justify handing them over to private hands?

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Author
Diane Ravitch

Why read it

  • You will learn to ask whether a crisis is real, and who gains if you believe it
  • You will be able to weigh the evidence for today's popular school reforms rather than take it on trust
  • You will leave with a list of what the author thinks schools need, not only what she opposes

Who it is for

  • Parents deciding where to send their children to school
  • Teachers and principals who feel blamed
  • Voters facing school board or charter school decisions

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1 - Our Schools Are at Risk
  3. Chapter 2 - The Context for Corporate Reform
  4. Chapter 3 - Who Are the Corporate Reformers?
  5. Chapter 4 - The Language of Corporate Reform
  6. Chapter 5 - The Facts About Test Scores
  7. Chapter 6 - The Facts About the Achievement Gap
  8. Chapter 7 - The Facts About the International Test Scores
  9. Chapter 8 - The Facts About High School Graduation Rates
  10. Chapter 9 - The Facts About College Graduation Rates
  11. Chapter 10 - How Poverty Affects Academic Achievement
  12. Chapter 11 - The Facts About Teachers and Test Scores
  13. Chapter 12 - Why Merit Pay Fails
  14. Chapter 13 - Do Teachers Need Tenure and Seniority?
  15. Chapter 14 - The Problem with Teach for America
  16. Chapter 15 - The Mystery of Michelle Rhee
  17. Chapter 16 - The Contradictions of Charters
  18. Chapter 17 - Trouble in E-land
  19. Chapter 18 - Parent Trigger, Parent Tricker
  20. Chapter 19 - The Failure of Vouchers
  21. Chapter 20 - Schools Don’t Improve if They Are Closed
  22. Chapter 21 - Solutions: Start Here
  23. Chapter 22 - Begin at the Beginning
  24. Chapter 23 - The Early Years Count
  25. Chapter 24 - The Essentials of a Good Education
  26. Chapter 25 - Class Size Matters for Teaching and Learning
  27. Chapter 26 - Make Charters Work for All
  28. Chapter 27 - Wraparound Services Make a Difference
  29. Chapter 28 - Measure Knowledge and Skills with Care
  30. Chapter 29 - Strengthen the Profession
  31. Chapter 30 - Protect Democratic Control of Public Schools
  32. Chapter 31 - The Toxic Mix
  33. Chapter 32 - Privatization of Public Education Is Wrong
  34. Chapter 33 - Conclusion: The Pattern on the Rug
  35. Appendix

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