Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools--And Why It Isn't So

How can we fix America's floundering public schools? Conventional wisdom says that schools and teachers need a lot more money, that poor and immigrant children can't do as well as most American kids, that high-stakes tests just produce teaching to the test, and that vouchers do little to help students while undermining our democracy. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? Jay Greene provocatively shows that much of what people believe about education policy is little more than a series of myths advanced by the special interest groups dominating public education.

Author: Jay P. Greene
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 08/09/2006
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.02w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780742549784
ISBN10: 074254978X
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Administration | General
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Research