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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Stotsky, Sandra, author.     Subjects     Academic achievement -- Government policy -- United States.     Public schools -- United States.     Education and state -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stotsky, Sandra, author.       by title:      The roots of low ach...         MARC Display

The roots of low achievement : where to begin altering them / Sandra Stotsky. by Stotsky, Sandra, author. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] Subjects Academic achievement -- Government policy -- United States.   Public schools -- United States.   Education and state -- United States. ISBN:  9781475849875 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1475849877 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781475849882 (paperback : alk. paper) : 1475849885 (paperback : alk. paper) Description:  xvi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents:  The deteriorating curriculum in American high schools -- What policy makers, educators, and education researchers have examined -- Teachers of minority students in 1966 -- Non-school factors influencing low achievement -- What non-education researchers have explored since 1966 -- Why philanthropists have wasted money on low-achieving schools -- Why we don't learn from failed or effective policies -- Public deception -- Gap-closing as an educational goal -- How to begin altering the roots of low achievement -- Finale: Altering the roots of low achievement. Requests:  0 Summary:  "This book explains how public education in this country became dysfunctional as a result of the education policies and programs funded by the federal government to address low academic achievement"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 371.207 St Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 371.207 St Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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