Schoolhouse Shams: Myths and Misinformation in School Reform (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781610488334)

Written by a parent and school board member, who first embraced many of the ideas of the modern school reform movement, Schoolhouse Shams lays bare much of the mythology and misinformation that underpin many of the failed school reform policies of the last decade. Many of the top strategies of the highly publicized school reform movement already have been tried out in St. Louis with disastrous results. Along with demonstrating the failure of school reform prescriptions to improve education, the experience of St. Louis demonstrates that the ideological premise of the reform movement, that a focus on providing opportunities for private profit-taking will necessarily improve schools, is both wrong and conflicts with the ideals of democracy, accountability, and justice.

Author: Peter Downs
ISBN-10: 1610488334
ISBN-13: 9781610488334
Publisher: R & L Education
Language: English
Published: 12/27/2012
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2013