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Going Against the Grain: When Professionals in Hawai'i Choose Public Schools Instead of Private Schools
Ann Shea Bayer
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Description for Going Against the Grain: When Professionals in Hawai'i Choose Public Schools Instead of Private Schools
Paperback. A work about passion, advocacy, and the willingness of parents to 'go against the grain'. It tells about Hawai'i professionals choosing public education for their children in a state that adheres to a commonly held belief that 'public schools are failing and private schools are succeeding'. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
This book is about passion, advocacy, and the willingness of parents to 'go against the grain'. It's about Hawai'i professionals choosing public education for their children in a state that adheres to a commonly held belief that 'public schools are failing and private schools are succeeding'. University of Hawai'i education professor Ann Bayer interviewed fifty-one parents, including five who chose private schools. Physicians, professors, attorneys, military officers, teachers, legislators, business executives and entrepreneurs, bankers, and administrators of both genders and from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds were among those interviewed. Bayer begins by asking parents why they chose to ... Read more
This book is about passion, advocacy, and the willingness of parents to 'go against the grain'. It's about Hawai'i professionals choosing public education for their children in a state that adheres to a commonly held belief that 'public schools are failing and private schools are succeeding'. University of Hawai'i education professor Ann Bayer interviewed fifty-one parents, including five who chose private schools. Physicians, professors, attorneys, military officers, teachers, legislators, business executives and entrepreneurs, bankers, and administrators of both genders and from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds were among those interviewed. Bayer begins by asking parents why they chose to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824833398
SKU
V9780824833398
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About Ann Shea Bayer
Ann Shea Bayer is professor and chair in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Hawai'i.
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