The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession Contributor(s): Goldstein, Dana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345803620 ISBN-13: 9780345803627 Publisher: Anchor Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | History - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
Dewey: 371.102 |
LCCN: 2015295790 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 8" L (0.80 lbs) 384 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/06/2015 pg. 24 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A New York Times Bestseller In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today. In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools--instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting "elite" graduates to teach--are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change. The Teacher Wars upends the conversation about American education by bringing the lessons of history to bear on the dilemmas we confront today. By asking "How did we get here?" Dana Goldstein brilliantly illuminates the path forward. |
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