A01=Sam Chaltain
Author_Sam Chaltain
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charter school controversy
charter schools
education crisis
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high-stakes testing
privatizing public education
promise of public education
school choice
school reform
Product details
- ISBN 9780807755310
- Weight: 302g
- Dimensions: 149 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 2014
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice - a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatising this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain believes that before we can answer these questions, we must put a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning. Our School documents a year in the life of two schools in the nation’s capital - one a new charter school just opening its doors, the other a neighbourhood school that first opened in 1924. Chaltain weaves together the observations and emotions of the people whose lives intersect there, and the triumphs and the challenges they experience. The result is an unsettling, complex portrayal of American public education. Our School is important reading for educational policymakers, administrators, parents, the media, and anyone who aspires to be a teacher.
Sam Chaltain is a national educator and organisational change consultant based in Washington, DC. He was the National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project.
