Cheating our kids : how politics and greed ruin education / Joe Williams
- Bib ID:
- 3586500
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Williams, Joe
- Description:
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- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- viii, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 140396839X
- Summary:
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"Showing how parents can use consumer power to put their children's education first, New York Daily News reporter Joe Williams argues that the public need not be disenfranchised and disillusioned, nor accept mediocrity as normal. He maintains that increased accountability and choice are necessary and demonstrates how the people can take back their education system, enhancing the responsibility inherent in democracy." "With examples from New York to San Diego and points in between, he shines light on the special interests controlling our schools, where pervasive politics and perks compromise our children's education. In this stunning and troubling look at the ugly politics that lie behind the failures of American education, Williams shows how good intentions go unrewarded, good deeds are punished, and public involvement in education is resented. These are the shocking realities as special interests seek to protect their place at the trough rather than educate our children.".
"The solution is a new brand of hardball politics that demands competence from school leaders and shifts the power away from bureaucrats and union leaders to the people who have the greatest reason to put kids first: concerned parents. With practical steps and uplifting examples of success, this is a manifesto to action."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Children last
- 2. Public education, American style
- 3. The public education cartel
- 4. The plight of teachers
- 5. No vendor left behind
- 6. The elephant in the room
- 7. Democrats and Republicans (but mostly Democrats)
- 8. Friends with deep pockets
- 9. The corporate role in reform
- 10. Leadership and voters
- 11. Kids can come first
- 12. Parent power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2005
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