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Saving Our Schools: The Case For Public Education, Saying No to "No Child Left Behind"

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Would a loving parent willingly allow her child's school to be permanently closed? Many parents do not realize that this fate already awaits them. In Saving Our Schools: The Case for Public Education, Saying No to "No Child Left Behind," Ken Goodman and the other editors write about the effects of the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001. In this collection of research based essays, the editors argue that the act is a conservative movement which will lead to the privatization of the American school system. This book also covers the wide range of consequences the act will have on the public school system, the teachers, and the students. The editors also offer different methods of fighting against the act and its effects. I really enjoyed reading this book. It was easy to read and understand, and the authors supported all of their facts. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what the real "No Child Left Behind" Act is all about.

Saving Our Schools: The Case For Public Educaton Saying No to "No Child Left Behind" is the collective effort of Ken Goodman, Patrick Shannon, Yetta Goodman, and Roger Rapoport. It exposes the ugly side of President George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" mandate, which has threatened to close more than 6,000 public schools, to the detriment of dedicated teachers and disadvantaged children alike. Revealing how NCLB forces schools with strictly limited resources to teach its children test-taking skills in a desperate bid to pass high-stakes standardized testing, and how the government blacklists successful professors, institutions, and methods that balk the NCLB party line, and much more, Saving Our Schools warns of an immediate threat to the integrity of public education and urges the reader to take action. An eye-opening social commentary, of keen importance in determining the nation's future.

Saving our Schools exposes what may be the most damaging action taken by the Bush administration: The war against children, teachers, and schools. No Child Left Behind is not just "underfunded." It is all wrong. It has the potential of ruining millions of lives and destroying the public education system. The contributors to Saving our Schools are among the most distinguished scholars in the field of education in the world. They understand the dangers and know what to do about them.