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_q(paperback)
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050 1 4 _aLA 217.2
_bR256d 2016
082 0 0 _a379.1
100 1 _aRavitch, Diane.
245 1 4 _aThe death and life of the great American school system :
_bhow testing and choice are undermining education /
_cDiane Ravitch.
250 _aRevised and expanded edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2016]
300 _axliv, 354 p. ;
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index.
505 0 _aWhat 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: measure and punish -- Choice: the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned -- Epilogue: School and society.
520 _aAward-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.
650 0 _aPublic schools
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational accountability
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational tests and measurements
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSchool choice
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational change
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aFinanciación de la educación.
650 4 _aEducación
_xAspectos económicos
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