Left back : a century of failed school reforms
Title:
Left back : a century of failed school reforms
Author:
Ravitch, Diane.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
555 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction -- The educational ladder -- A fork in the road -- The age of experts -- IQ testing : "this brutal pessimism" -- Instead of the academic curriculum -- On the social frontier -- The public schools respond -- Dissidents and critics -- The great meltdown -- The sixties -- In search of standards -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
ISBN:
9780684844176
Format :
Book
