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Slaying Goliath : the passionate resistance to privatization and the fight to save America's public schools / Diane Ravitch.
"An in-depth look at the failed efforts to privatize public schools and the victories of those who have fought to save America's public school system"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525655374
- ISBN: 0525655379
- Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disruption Is Not Reform! -- The Odious Status Quo -- What Do the Disrupters Want? -- Meet the Resistance -- The Beginning of the End of Disruption -- The Resistance to High-Stakes Standardized Testing -- Rewards and Punishments Are Not Good Motivators -- Bait and Switch: How Liberals Were Duped into Embracing School Choice -- School Choice, Deregulation and Corruption -- The Resistance Fights Back -- The Resistance Goes National -- Dark Money in Massachusetts and Connecticut -- The Miracles That Weren't: New Orleans and Florida -- Common Core and a Gaggle of Other Failed Reforms -- The Teachers Revolt -- Goliath Stumbl |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Privatization in education > United States. Public schools > United States. Education and state > United States. |
Available copies
- 11 of 12 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Juniata County Library | 371.01 RAV (Text) | 39640100585072 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | 371.0109 RAVITCH (Text) | 50686015596088 | Storage | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 371.010973 RAVI (Text) | 34455006667477 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | 371.01 Rav (Text) | 00148029 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | 371.01 RAV (Text) | 75011000328549 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | 371.01 (Text) | 33062009247900 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 371 R256s (Text) | 31901004411460 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 05/15/2024 |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 371.01 Ravitch Education (Text) | 39427103479531 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 371.01 RAV Job Career (Text)
Bookplate:
PLATED 2020: Bequest of Harry M. Miller
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33454005756606 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 371.01 RAV 2020 (Text) | 31001101792290 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
