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(0)Deborah Meier
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an "apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy."...
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The authors of this timely book argue that a fundamentally complex problem--how to assess the knowledge of a child -- cannot be reduced to a simple test score. Beyond Testing describes seven forms of assessment that are more effective than standardized test results: (1) student self-assessments, (2) direct teacher observations of students and their work, (3) descriptive reviews of the child, (4) reading and math interviews with children, (5) portfolios...
6) Many children left behind: how the No Child Left Behind Act is damaging our children and our schools
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
7) Teaching in the cracks: openings and opportunities for student-centered, action-focused curriculum
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This engaging book shows how teachers and schools are creating emergent, democratic, progressive education amidst the current context of high stakes accountability. In this follow-up to his bestseller, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Schultz explores how today's rhetoric and restrictive mandates result in curriculum that fails to capture the attention of students. For meaningful learning that develops transferable skills and engages students,...