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Will Standards Save Public Education? - New Democracy Forum Deborah Meier
Will Standards Save Public Education? - New Democracy Forum
Deborah Meier
Somewhere. . . there is a place of sanity where education is intense and substantive. . . . It's in that place that Deborah Meier has been working all these years. Her voice conveys a life of struggle in the front lines-victories and losses, hopes and disappointments. . . . It's a voice our nation needs to hear. --Jonathan Kozol, from the Foreword
Acclaimed educator Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure, Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization, she argues, prevents citizens-including teachers-from emerging as thoughtful, responsible adults, seriously engaged with shaping their own schools, classrooms, and communities. As a result, young people can't learn from them how to be thoughtful, responsible adults and good citizens, the primary goal of public education in a democracy.
The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.
"A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea, carried out with intelligence and panache." --Robert Pinsky
104 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 24, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807004418 |
| Publishers | Beacon Press |
| Pages | 106 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 203 × 8 mm · 136 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Cohen, Joshua |
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