Fix society, and the schools will follow

What I love about Kuhn's writing is that his well-told stories and carefully cited sources give way at times to bursts of passionate advocacy that have the reader, at least this life-long educator, primed to storm the beaches of the Gates Foundation or the halls of Teach for America if necessar...

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Published in:The Progressive 2014, Vol.78 (11), p.43
Main Author: Walsh, Russ
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Education reform
Fear & phobias
Learning
Poverty
Property values
Public schools
School principals
Society
Students
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:What I love about Kuhn's writing is that his well-told stories and carefully cited sources give way at times to bursts of passionate advocacy that have the reader, at least this life-long educator, primed to storm the beaches of the Gates Foundation or the halls of Teach for America if necessary, to do what is right by children, teachers, parents, and public education. The mantra 'no-excuses' will retain the significance of 'Where's the beef?' And teachers will still be teaching, succeeding, and failing all over the country, much as they would have done if Michelle Rhee had gone into the foreign service and Bill Gates had invested his considerable wealth and commendable humanitarian ambition in improving law enforcement practices or poultry production."
ISSN:0033-0736
2162-8785