The War Against Hope: How Teachers' Unions Hurt Children, Hinder Teachers, and Endanger Public EducationHarperChristian + ORM, 16 févr. 2009 - 260 pages A former US Secretary of Education addresses the crisis in public schooling and the role teachers’ unions have played in its decline. Something is terribly wrong with America’s public-school system. For decades, we have seen test scores slide or stagnate—today, fewer than twenty percent of our nation’s twelfth graders are proficient in math, and our students rank near the bottom in science and math among the industrialized nations of the world—and achievement gaps persist or widen. So who’s responsible for the ongoing failure of our education system? In The War Against Hope, former Secretary of Education Rod Paige pulls no punches in his critical analysis of America’s crisis in the classroom. Without question, the greatest impediment to meaningful school reform is the enormous, self-aggrandizing power wielded by the teachers’ unions. In this vital, well-documented book, Paige takes an unflinching look at the power-hungry union leaders who have consistently placed their ambitions ahead of the needs of the teachers and the students whom they claim to serve. He also traces the history of the National Education Association (NEA) from its humble beginnings as an advocate of education excellence to its early radicalization by left-wing ideology. The War Against Hope is a disturbing account of the corruption, greed, and skewed values that have assaulted our schools, betrayed our teachers, and forsaken our children for far too long. |
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... achievement improves. They may even be better off if student achievement does not improve, because such an environment cre- ates the kinds of tensions that cause more teachers to seek the pro- tection of the union's legal assets. In ...
... achievement improves. They may even be better off if student achievement does not improve, because such an environment cre- ates the kinds of tensions that cause more teachers to seek the pro- tection of the union's legal assets. In ...
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... achievement , Graham concluded even more acerbically : “ Calling the current school bureaucrats ' terrorists ' would actually extend them the compliment of assuming they are doing such a lousy job on purpose . " " 11 Others were more ...
... achievement , Graham concluded even more acerbically : “ Calling the current school bureaucrats ' terrorists ' would actually extend them the compliment of assuming they are doing such a lousy job on purpose . " " 11 Others were more ...
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... achievement gap between the races, and raise expectations for every child and every school. Nothing more, and nothing less. Because this was Washington, I knew I had to do something to bring this controversy to a close. With my raw ...
... achievement gap between the races, and raise expectations for every child and every school. Nothing more, and nothing less. Because this was Washington, I knew I had to do something to bring this controversy to a close. With my raw ...
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... achievement and making sure that students have every oppor- tunity to meet them. Not a low bar for performance that everyone can reach, but a high bar that stretches children to their full potential. We both are deeply committed to ...
... achievement and making sure that students have every oppor- tunity to meet them. Not a low bar for performance that everyone can reach, but a high bar that stretches children to their full potential. We both are deeply committed to ...
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... achievement gap, unqualified teachers, etc.)? Let's take this scenario a step further. When an accountability sys- tem like NCLB shows that a school is really bad, students are given the option to bail out of it. Isn't this desirable ...
... achievement gap, unqualified teachers, etc.)? Let's take this scenario a step further. When an accountability sys- tem like NCLB shows that a school is really bad, students are given the option to bail out of it. Isn't this desirable ...
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