The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession Dana Goldstein

The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession

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Book Title
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
Author
Dana Goldstein
ISBN
9780345803627
A New York Times Bestseller In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today. In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools--instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting "elite" graduates to teach--are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change. The Teacher Wars upends the conversation about American education by bringing the lessons of history to bear on the dilemmas we confront today. By asking "How did we get here?" Dana Goldstein brilliantly illuminates the path forward.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Dana GoldsteinPublisher: Anchor BooksPublished: 08/04/2015ISBN: 9780345803627Pages: 384Weight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90dReview Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/06/2015 pg. 24
A New York Times Bestseller

In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today.

In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools--instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting "elite" graduates to teach--are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change. The Teacher Wars upends the conversation about American education by bringing the lessons of history to bear on the dilemmas we confront today. By asking "How did we get here?" Dana Goldstein brilliantly illuminates the path forward.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dana Goldstein
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 08/04/2015
ISBN: 9780345803627
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/06/2015 pg. 24
A New York Times Bestseller

In her groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education, Dana Goldstein finds answers in the past to the controversies that plague our public schools today.

In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools--instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting "elite" graduates to teach--are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change. The Teacher Wars upends the conversation about American education by bringing the lessons of history to bear on the dilemmas we confront today. By asking "How did we get here?" Dana Goldstein brilliantly illuminates the path forward.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dana Goldstein
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 08/04/2015
ISBN: 9780345803627
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/06/2015 pg. 24