The Nightmare That Is Public Education: An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools [Paperback]

Renato Nicolai Ed.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2007

Is your neighborhood public school really as good as you’ve been led to believe?

Incompetence and mediocrity haunt America’s public education system at all levels. Teachers waste valuable classroom instructional time every day with ineffective teaching methods and inadequate knowledge of subject matter. If you’re a parent, you owe it to yourself and your children to discover what really happens in public school classrooms.

With The Nightmare That Is Public Education, former teacher and principal Renato C. Nicolai, Ed.D., exposes the shocking truth about America’s public education system and shows you how you can make a difference. Drawing on thirty-eight years of experience, Dr. Nicolai breaks down the various elements destroying our public schools and shows you how to evaluate the learning climate of your child’s classroom and determine what to look for in a good teacher. Teachers and administrators will also find suggestions and ideas on how to improve their teaching and managerial effectiveness.

Brimming with essential advice and invaluable tips, you can’t afford to overlook The Nightmare That Is Public Education. Take a stand for your child’s educational future now!

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About the Author

A retired teacher and principal with thirty-eight years of experience in public education, Renato C. Nicolai, Ed.D., taught 6th through 12th grade and was both an elementary and middle school principal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 213 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (July 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595436145
• ISBN-13: 978-0595436149
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,888,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author a Former Student of Mine, January 20, 2008

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Adalaide J. Cate "A. Julia Cate" (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nightmare That Is Public Education: An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools (Paperback)

Although the title of Dr. Nicolai's book sounds negative, the book is full of excellent, positive suggestions and ideas for correcting the errors made in our country in the name of education. For it is not only the public schools who have, in some cases, led our students astray, but many private schools must take responsibility for our failure to attain outstanding education.
I high recommend parents of any student in our schools today to read and study this book. When parents realize how their children are being cheated, they will take a stronger, active role in demanding that their children receive a marvelous education from our wonderful country.
I'm very pround of Renato and his successful mission in using his teaching experiences and skills to offer remedies for the ills we see in our schools today. I have numerous nieces and nephews who are teachers today and have sent every one of them a copy of this book. They all tell me the exciting ideas it gave them.

A. Julia Cate
Educator of forty-seven years

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is an act of courage meant to warn all parents, January 5, 2008

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Daniel Marvin "Dangerous Dan" (Cazenovia, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nightmare That Is Public Education: An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools (Paperback)

Every Parent of school age children should read without delay and use what is presented to them to better the school system in this nation.
I am someone who cares about children,and I know Renato Nicolai as a man of integrity and courage who ants more than anything to be a catalyst to help bring a higher level of disciplined education that will make this nation a better place to teach, to learn and to excel.
Without a doubt this is the most courageous and honorable presentation of the facts of todays school system and why we, as parents, must do what we can to foster the use of the author's recommendations if we are to secure a brighter future for our children and this once great nation of ours.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How to continue the nightmare, July 14, 2008

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Wayne B. Jennings (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nightmare That Is Public Education: An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools (Paperback)

Nicolai's recommendations will continue the nightmare he describes. His favorite reference points are Bill O'Reilly, Bill Bennett, Sean Hannity, John Stossel, Chester Finn among others. His view is that kids are bored in school and the way to change that is for even more traditional curriculum. He recommends such outmoded practices as the 8 parts of speech and in one section cites a lesson on gerunds and appositives as good practice. No doubt, Nicolai wants brilliant teachers and exciting schools but he won't get it by his mixed-up philosophy of education and lack of understanding about learning.