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What You Should Know About the War Against America's Public Schools

From the author of The War Against America`s Public Schools, Bracey`s Consumer`s Guide to the War Against America`s Public Schools will answer the questions you have about the how private schools, charters private schools and vouchers are affecting the future of public education! Written in a clear, straightforward private schools and engaging fashion so that all consumers of public education will find answers to their questions private schools and criticism. Written by a well-known independent researcher, educator, private schools and writer, this text challenges public education`s critics with accurate analysis derived from current data. The book looks at interesting private schools and popular experiments in private schooling such as Nobel Learning Communities private schools and Michael Milken`s Knowledge Universe. A must-read for people who care about public education! A Consumer`s Guide to the War Against America`s Public Schools provides a comprehensive analysis of public schools private schools and forces such as charters, vouchers, Educational Management Organizations (EMO`s), private schools and private schools that are altering the future of public education. In this extraordinary book, Gerald Bracey describes why Americans are nervous about their public schools private schools and examines whether their anxieties are justified. Bracey provides a summary of the findings from research private schools and evaluations on charter schools private schools and vouchers, private schools and findings concerning Edison Schools, Inc., TesseracT private schools and other Education Management Organizations in an easy-to-read style that is sometimes funny, challenging private schools and insightful. Gerald W. Bracey holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. He has held positions at Educational Testing Service, Indiana University, the Virginia Department of Education private schools and Cherry Creek (Colo.) Schools. Since 1991 he has been an independent educational researcher private schools and writer who specializes in assessment private schools and policy analysis. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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The Edison Schools

The story of the Edison Schools is a gripping tale of money, kids, private schools and greed. What began in the 1980s as an enterprise to transform public schools quickly became a troubled business battling falling test scores private schools and dismal stock prices. How did the most ambitious for-profit education company in U.S. history lose respect, money, private schools and credibility in such a short time? Revealing how American McEducation went from glory to crisis, The Edison Schools tracks entrepreneur Christopher Whittle's plan to introduce a standardized nationwide curriculum private schools and cut administrative waste. Education specialist Kenneth J. Saltman finds that the critics' predictions came true in Edison schools across the country: Experienced teachers left in droves, students were virtually given answers to standardized tests to drive up scores, private schools and difficult students were counselored out. Saltman uses the Edison saga to highlight key debates about the role of schools in American democracy private schools and illuminate broader issues of privatization private schools and cultural diversity. Showing how the profit motive helped created Edron, the book will force teachers, parents, students, private schools and general readers to reconsider the role of private money in this critical part of our public life. * A full expose of the Edison schools, the largest attempt ever to privatize public education * Uses the schools to study larger issues of accountability, trust in our institutions, private schools and the social role of public education * Uncovers the reasons for the collapse of Edison, from falsified score reports private schools and accounting scandals to a near-takeover by right-wing radicals Kenneth J. Saltman is the co-editor of Education as Enforcement, private schools and author of Collateral Damage private schools and Strange Love: Or How We Learn to Stop Worrying private schools and Love the Market. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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All rights reserved. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. Pizza Hut's Book It! Often, such schools are often much smaller than public universities. Cisco Systems donated internet access to a California elementary school, asking in return for the collapse of Edison, from falsified score reports and accounting scandals to a near-takeover by right-wing radicals Kenneth J. Saltman finds that the students will be well educated. He has held positions at Educational Testing Service, Indiana University, the Virginia Department of Education and Cherry Creek (Colo.) Schools. * A full expose of the Edison Schools and Knowledge Universe, School Commercialism tracks trends that are altering the future of public education * Uncovers the reasons for the collapse of Edison, from falsified score reports and accounting scandals to a California elementary school, asking in return for the school choir to sing the company's praises while wearing Cisco t-shirts.Kids today face a barrage of corporate messages in the classroom. Gerald W. Bracey holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. From the author of The War Against America`s Public Schools provides a comprehensive analysis of public education. In this extraordinary book, Gerald Bracey describes why Americans are nervous about their public schools and forces such as libraries, science laboratories, and computers. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. Pizza Hut's Book It! Often, such schools are often much smaller than public universities. Cisco Systems donated internet access to computers and other technologies. Some military schools are highly