R&L Education
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Arthur Shapiro is a theoretically-based practitioner, has been a teacher, principal, secondary education director, assistant superintendent and superintendent in inner city, suburban and rural school districts. An educational leadership professor, he writes and consults internationally and nationally on school reform, such as decentralizing into small learning communities, organizational health, leadership, educational policy, supervision and curriculum.
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1 No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Race to the Top (NCLB 2.0), and
Their Basis, The Accountability Movement
Chapter 2Common Core State Standards
Chapter 3Merit and Teacher Evaluation – Another Fraud
Chapter 4Instead of Teacher Evaluation, which Isn’t Working: A Different Approach
Chapter 5Evaluating Teachers by Using Value-Added Models (VAMs)
(Whatever that Means): Another Political tool to Hold Schools Accountable
Chapter 6Failing Kids – Still A Failure
Chapter 7 Evaluating Vs. Grading (Really Rating) Schools
Chapter 8Privatization: Fad, Fraud, Fantasy and/or Fiction?
Chapter 9Charter Schools-A Form of Privatization
Chapter 10Vouchers-Another Form of Privatization
Chapter 11Virtual Charter Schools – Privatization on Steroids
Chapter 12Miracles (or, Really Mirages) – for the Gullible
Chapter 13Major Reforms that Really Work
Bibliography
About the Author
Few can find the contradictions and holes in the current educational scene like Arthur Shaprio who brings his razor sharp wit and lie detector insights to our age. One does not have to agree with him on every point to be exposed to more sides of an issue than one had before. Readers up to the challenge will find this book a good read and very useful.
— Fenwick W. English, Teachers College, Ball State University
Once upon a time in a land not so far far away, the common good of public education was under siege by the fire breathing greedy profitability dragon. The knight in this story is Arthur Shapiro with a pen mightier than the sword. After reading this enlightening book, all those in public education, all those who attend public schools, will want to join this brave knight in the fight against frauds, fads, fantasies and fiction in the discourse on public education reform.
— Dr. Rosemary Papa, Del and Jewell Lewis Endowed Chair and professor, Educational Leadership, Northern Arizona University