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This book presents the results of the most complete and updated
assessment of cognitive resources of students in Latin America: the
Study of Latin American Intelligence (SLATINT). During four years,
top researchers of the region used a standardized set of cognitive
measures to assess 4,000 students aged between 14 and 15 years from
six countries: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
The data collected and now analyzed in this volume is a first step
to understand the human cognitive capital of the region, a crucial
resource for any country today. Intelligence research has shown
that the cognitive skills of a population are strongly associated
with the school performance of its students and the development of
a nation. This makes Intelligence Measurement and School
Performance in Latin America a valuable tool both for Latin
American researchers and authorities engaged in the improvement of
each country's human resources and for psychologists, educators and
other social scientists dedicated to the study of the impact of
intelligence in the development of nations.
This book is intended for educators, parents and community
activists interested in reclaiming our public schools and
reclaiming the public narrative around education policy. The book
infuses research about the recent history of education policy
reform, the strategies United Opt Out uses for fighting back
against these policies, and proposes solutions that work to create
sustainable, equitable, anti-racist, democratic and meaningful
public education. This book is for anyone interested in an
"insider's look" behind the scene of forming an organization, or
leading a resistance. Simultaneously the book provides
scholarly-based research about the broader issues, policies and
data around education reform, and the opt out movement. Education
policy has been heating up ever since NCLB but especially since the
roll out of Race to The Top and the Common Core State Standards.
Nationally publicized debates and discord over these policies are
garnering public attention of teachers, parents, and whole
communities. We hope this book will add to the library of other
recent books such as Mercedes Schneider's A Chronicle of Echoes
(2014), Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error (2013) and Bowers &
Thomas (eds) Detesting and Degrading Schools (2012), that have
exposed the complex corporate interest in shaping education
policies and the destructive influence such policies will have on
our children and on our democracy. This book uses first person
narratives infused with research and scholarship, to create
personalized accounts into the life of education activism. Each
chapter includes an Activists Handbook section to provide support
for our activist/ readers in their own efforts. We hope that our
experiences will inspire others to take this charge upon themselves
as well.
This book presents the results of the most complete and updated
assessment of cognitive resources of students in Latin America: the
Study of Latin American Intelligence (SLATINT). During four years,
top researchers of the region used a standardized set of cognitive
measures to assess 4,000 students aged between 14 and 15 years from
six countries: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
The data collected and now analyzed in this volume is a first step
to understand the human cognitive capital of the region, a crucial
resource for any country today. Intelligence research has shown
that the cognitive skills of a population are strongly associated
with the school performance of its students and the development of
a nation. This makes Intelligence Measurement and School
Performance in Latin America a valuable tool both for Latin
American researchers and authorities engaged in the improvement of
each country's human resources and for psychologists, educators and
other social scientists dedicated to the study of the impact of
intelligence in the development of nations.
This book is intended for educators, parents and community
activists interested in reclaiming our public schools and
reclaiming the public narrative around education policy. The book
infuses research about the recent history of education policy
reform, the strategies United Opt Out uses for fighting back
against these policies, and proposes solutions that work to create
sustainable, equitable, anti-racist, democratic and meaningful
public education. This book is for anyone interested in an
"insider's look" behind the scene of forming an organization, or
leading a resistance. Simultaneously the book provides
scholarly-based research about the broader issues, policies and
data around education reform, and the opt out movement. Education
policy has been heating up ever since NCLB but especially since the
roll out of Race to The Top and the Common Core State Standards.
Nationally publicized debates and discord over these policies are
garnering public attention of teachers, parents, and whole
communities. We hope this book will add to the library of other
recent books such as Mercedes Schneider's A Chronicle of Echoes
(2014), Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error (2013) and Bowers &
Thomas (eds) Detesting and Degrading Schools (2012), that have
exposed the complex corporate interest in shaping education
policies and the destructive influence such policies will have on
our children and on our democracy. This book uses first person
narratives infused with research and scholarship, to create
personalized accounts into the life of education activism. Each
chapter includes an Activists Handbook section to provide support
for our activist/ readers in their own efforts. We hope that our
experiences will inspire others to take this charge upon themselves
as well.
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