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Dumbing Down Our Kids is a searing indictment of America's secondary schools-one that every parent and teacher should read.Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education" -the latest in a long series of "reforms" that has eroded our schools.* Why our kids rank near to, or at the bottom of international tests in math and science* Why "self-esteem" has supplanted grades and genuine achievements* How the educational establishment lowers standards and quality in our schools - while continuing to raise their budgets and our school taxes* The dumbing down of the curriculum so everyone can pass - but no one can excel* How parents, students, and teachers can evaluate schools and restore quality learning
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Dumbing Down Our Kids, Charles J. Sykes
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1995
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- Titel
- Dumbing Down Our Kids
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Charles J. Sykes
- Verlag
- Macmillan
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1995
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0312148232
- ISBN13
- 9780312148232
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Lebenshilfe, Politikwissenschaft, Pädagogik, Politik, Mutterschaft & Elternschaft, Bildung, Kultur und Gesellschaft, Soziologie, Elternschaft
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- Beschreibung
- Dumbing Down Our Kids is a searing indictment of America's secondary schools-one that every parent and teacher should read.Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education" -the latest in a long series of "reforms" that has eroded our schools.* Why our kids rank near to, or at the bottom of international tests in math and science* Why "self-esteem" has supplanted grades and genuine achievements* How the educational establishment lowers standards and quality in our schools - while continuing to raise their budgets and our school taxes* The dumbing down of the curriculum so everyone can pass - but no one can excel* How parents, students, and teachers can evaluate schools and restore quality learning