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MERINO, Noel

School reform / Noel Merino, book editor. - 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Opposing viewpoints. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What policies should guide school reform? The Common Core state standards are good for education / Why Common Core isn't the answer / Federal spending on education should be limited / Government spending on education needs to be more equitable / Teachers' unions should be eliminated / Teachers' unions are a positive force for education / How should students, teachers, and schools be evaluated? Standardized testing is harming student learning / Standardized testing is a good way to measure student learning / Disappearing act : end the testing fixation before it erases more meaningful education / Evaluating teachers by student test scores can be arbitrary / Students should evaluate their teachers / What role should school choice play in school reform? School vouchers are a good way to promote school choice / Winning the war on charter schools / Charter schools are a bad idea / Why school choice fails / The entire public school system should be abolished / Should curriculum content in schools be reformed? Math has to be at least a little boring / How much math do we really need? / Teachers should have the freedom to teach critiques of evolution / Schools should teach about religion / Allowing schools to teach about religion is dangerous / Council of Chief State School Officers -- Marion Brady -- Lindsey M. Burke -- Marin Gjaja, J. Puckett, and Matt Ryder -- Richard A. Epstein -- Amy B. Dean -- Mary Elizabeth Williams -- Herbert J. Walberg -- Virginia Myers -- Molly Rusk -- Amanda Ripley -- Casey Given -- Reihan Salam -- Diane Ravitch -- Natalie Hopkinson -- C. Bradley Thompson -- Konstantin Kakaes -- G.V. Ramanathan -- John W. Whitehead -- Mark Fowler and Marisa Fasciano -- Kevin Ryan.

This collection of articles pro and con on school reform debates the policies that should guide reform; how students, teachers, and schools should be evaluated; the role of school choice in reform; and whether curriculum content should be reformed.

9780737772869 (hardcover) 0737772867 (hardcover) 9780737772876 (pbk.) 0737772875 (pbk.)

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Educational change
Education
Educational tests and measurements
Educational evaluation

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