Large segments of the American public school system have been
failing for decades, and the pace of failure is accelerating -
thanks largely to the entrenched education establishment and
teacher unions. This book provides a panoramic view of these
failures, as well as an analysis of the failed attempts to improve
public education. The author brings to bear his extensive
experiences within the government school system to expose how
public education, for millions of students, has been a failure by
every meaningful measure. Achievement, as measured by test scores,
has been stagnant for years. The student dropout rate remains
shockingly high. Many high school graduates are not prepared either
for continuing education or meaningful employment. Hordes of
unassimilated immigrants are clogging the education process for
many of their classmates. Student misbehavior continues unabated.
Millions of students desert the public schools yearly for
home-schooling and other more valuable education experiences. All
of the politically correct and conventional attempts to save the
failing public schools have failed. Dumping more money on problems
seems to create more problems. Federal "aid" has been unproductive
and inserted the federal government further into public education
without any constitutional authority. The constant increases in
teacher salaries based on the universal "salary grid" have had no
positive impact on student learning. Billions of dollars have been
spent on reduction in class size with no benefit to education. The
requirements for teacher certification have become more demanding,
but with little benefit, if any, on student learning. School
districts and schools have grown bigger in a futile attempt to
improve education, causing more harm than good. While the public
thinks that if a school is "accredited" it must be good, in
reality, school accreditation is nothing more than certification of
a failed system. After reading this encyclopedia of failed attempts
to st
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2006 |
First published: |
April 2006 |
Authors: |
Richard G Neal
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4259-2492-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
1-4259-2492-1 |
Barcode: |
9781425924928 |
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