Will Standards Save Public Education?

Deborah Meier, Joshua Cohen

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Beacon Press
01 September 2018

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Series: New Democracy Forum

"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"

By: Deborah Meier
Edited by: Joshua Cohen
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 5
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9780807004418
ISBN 10: 0807004413
Series: New Democracy Forum
Pages: 106
Publication Date: 01 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Deborah Meier is the author of The Power of Their Ideas. She is principal of the Mission Hill School in Boston, Massachusetts.

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