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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818375103321

Autore

Dueck Jim

Titolo

How political correctness weakens schools : stop losing and start winning educational excellence / / Jim Dueck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4758-2987-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages)

Disciplina

170.973

Soggetti

Political correctness - United States

Right and left (Political science)

United States Moral conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Learning well and living well -- Low expectations provides for mediocre education -- Moving from intuition to intelligence -- Harnessing power through comparability -- Choice : a democratic right -- Coaches are not evaluators -- Birth rather than worth matters too much -- Teachers' professional development -- Reducing administration costs -- Maximizing students' work year -- Unions belong in the accountability tent -- Accountability for university departments of education -- Job-for-life is a wrong practice -- Rewarding performance -- Holding parents accountable -- Reducing unfairness to students -- Meeting the costs.