Author:
Ravitch, Diane.
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, c2010.
Description:1 online resource (x, 283 p.)
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 [No Child Left Behind] : measure and punish -- Choice : the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned.
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.
Electronic Resource:Electronic resource:
http://www.listennj.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=FD2E31C8-FA5E-46FD-B812-4830F602E147 -- Note: A book accessible through the internet; click for information
