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Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
If all humor does indeed come from pain, then American educational
policymaking has been a petri dish brimming with hilarity. Even
before Betsy DeVos ascended to her perch atop the U.S. Department
of Education, her predecessors had offered up an excruciating
decade of fodder for satire. Ably assisted by a bevy of
billionaires, foundations, and advocacy think tanks, these
policymakers unleashed a torrent of rhetorical gibberish and
evidence-free "innovations" on the nation's children and their
schools. Potential Grizzlies: Making the Nonsense Bearable is one
researcher's attempt to laugh instead of cry. The book will bring
back memories of policymakers from more innocent times, from
Michelle Rhee to Arne Duncan to Chris Christie. Sit back and relax
with fond thoughts of your favorite policies, from testing to
school choice to "parent trigger." Or maybe just smile and imagine
a day when policymakers turn to research evidence and knowledgeable
educators to build a sound future for our children.
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Index; 1962
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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Because everyone from policymakers to classroom teachers has a role
in achieving greater equity for children from poverty, this book
provides a sweeping chronicle of the historical turning
points-judicial, legislative, and regulatory-on the road to greater
equity, as background to the situation today. It provides succinct
policy recommendations for states and districts, as well as
practical curricular and instructional strategies for districts,
schools, and teachers. This comprehensive approach-from the
statehouse to the classroom-for providing children who come to
school from impoverished environments with the education in which
they thrive, not merely one that is comparable to others, truly
enlists everyone in the quest for opportunity and performance. The
next step toward equity may be taken by a governor, but it may also
be taken by a teacher. One need not wait for the other.
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