What you don't know about schools [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Shirley R. Steinberg and Joe L. Kincheloe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451080503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-36950-0; 9786611369507; 1-4039-8287-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SteinbergShirley R. <1952->; KincheloeJoe L
• Disciplina: 379.73
• Soggetti: Education - Political aspects - United States; Public schools - Political aspects - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What you don't know is hurting you and the country / Joe L. Kincheloe -- How did this happen? The right-wing politics of knowledge and education / Joe L. Kincheloe -- What you don't know about standards / Raymond A. Horn -- What you don't know about evaluation / Philip M. Anderson and Judith P. Summerfield -- ; The cult of prescription--or, a student ain't no slobbering dog / P.L. Thomas -- School leaders, marketers, spin doctors, or military recruiters? : educational administration in the new economy / Gary L. Anderson -- ; The price for "free" market capitalism in public schools--or how much is democracy worth on the open market? / John Weaver -- Bad news for kids : where schools get their news for kids / Carl Bybee -- Meritocratic mythology : constructing success / Benjamin Enoma -- What is not known about genius / Ray McDermott -- What you don't know about diversity / Elizabeth Quintero -- Hiding in the bathroom : the educational struggle of marginalized students / Danny Walsh -- When ignorance and deceit come to town : preparing yourself for the English-only movement's assault on your public schools / Pepi Leistyna -- Live from Hell's Kitchen, NYC / Regina Andrea Bernard -- Letting them eat ; cake : what else don't we know about schools? / Shirley R. Steinberg.
• Sommario/riassunto: We live in an era where our view of school is reduced by a superficial public conversation. In this context, the complexity of the educational process and the debate over the purpose of schooling is lost. This book brings together leading scholars of education to analyze these issues and engage the public in different ways of looking at school.