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Education Myths
Greene, Jay P.; Greene, Jay
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Description for Education Myths
Hardback. Examines eighteen myths advanced by the special interest groups dominating public education. In addition to the money myth, the class size myth, and the teacher pay myth, this book aims to debunk the special education myth, the certification myth, the graduation myth, the draining myth, the segregation myth, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
How can we fix America's floundering public schools? The conventional wisdom says that schools need a lot more money, that poor and immigrant children can't do as well as most American kids, that high-stakes tests just produce teaching to the test, and that vouchers do little to help students while undermining our democracy. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? In Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools—And Why It Isn't So, Jay Greene and the researchers at the Manhattan Institute have gathered the evidence to show that much of what ... Read morepeople believe about education policy is little more than a series of myths. Greene takes on the conventional wisdom and closely examines eighteen myths advanced by the special interest groups dominating public education. In addition to the money myth, the class size myth, and the teacher pay myth, Greene debunks the special education myth (special ed programs burden public schools), the certification myth (certified or more experience teachers are more effective in the classroom), the graduation myth (nearly all students graduate from high school), the draining myth (choice harms public schools), the segregation myth (private schools are more racially segregated), and several more. Greene's reasoned and accessible approach identifies the myth and then refutes it with relevant and reliable facts and figures-including the education establishment's own research. He believes our schools can be fixed and concludes the book with important recommendations that will achieve measurable and affordable success. This is essential reading for all those interested in quality public education and a wake-up call for undemanding taxpayers. Show Less
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Rowman & Littlefield United States
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Lanham, MD, United States
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About Greene, Jay P.; Greene, Jay
Jay P. Greene is Endowed Chair and Head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His research was cited four times in the U.S. Supreme Court's opinions in the landmark Zelman v. Simmons-Harris case on school vouchers. His articles have appeared in The Public Interest, City Journal, Education ... Read moreNext, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, as well as many other scholarly and popular publications. Show Less
Reviews for Education Myths
In Education Myths, Jay Greene pulls off an impressive feat: an examination of complicated education research that is both engaging and useful to the general reader. In doing so, he convincingly disproves 18 common beliefs about public education. It is a serious piece of applied policy research. Perhaps Greene's greatest achievement is to explain why we should be deeply disturbed ... Read moreat the performance of our public schools, but not despair over the prospect of improving them.
R Shep Melnick
Claremont Review of Books
In recent years, few researchers [like Jay Greene] have consistently produced as much influential, and some would say heretical, research on topics roiling education.
Education Week
With this clearly and powerfully written book, reformers everywhere will have the evidence and arguments they need to push aside the myths standing in front of the school house door.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush This timely, plain-spoken, myth-demolishing book unmasks the self-interest, naiveté and well-intended gullibility that lead Americans to embrace eighteen seductive assumptions about education that turn out to be false-and that block the promising reforms that our schools and children urgently need.
Chester E. Finn Jr., president, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation A must read for the many people who, frequently with good intentions, enter the policy arena without the relevant facts.
Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University, author of "Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School." Cleanly, deftly, succinctly, Jay Greene rips off the masks obscuring the realities of public education today.
Paul Peterson, Director, Program on Education Policy and Governance, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Clears away the fog. Well-supported, powerful, and ultimately persuasive. A major contribution.
Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education Greene, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, challenges 18 popular assumptions in this accessible, data-driven polemic. His arguments stick close to the numbers compiled from numerous education studies, and, generally, Greene makes strong cases that would keep even education-policy gurus on their toes.
The Washington Post
. . . the rigor, clarity, and energy with which the authors press their case make this book one the teachers unions do not want you to read.
Education Next: Journal of Opinion And Research
Education Myths is a kind of 'freakonomics' for the education set.
Maggie Gallagher . . . provocative. . .
Richard Lee Colvin
Los Angeles Times
The prolific Greene, who heads a new education research center at the University of Arkansas, is a key player on many of these issues.
Andrew J. Rotherham
New York Post
Whatever readers may think of Greene's research, he provides an interesting perspective to the ongoing debates about what ails public schools and how to improve them.
Vanessa Bush
Booklist
In Education Myths, Jay P. Greene decisively refutes 18 myths that are routinely taken as facts by pundits and reporters. Mr. Greene's important book ensures that these potent education myths have been decisively refuted.
Martin Morse Wooster
The Washington Times
[Greene] makes a strong case for challenging assumptions in an era of limited resources.
Mark Toner
Teacher Magazine
Greene has a history of casting a skeptical eye on special-interest groups' assertions, thoroughly conducting his own research, and drawing conclusions based in economic theory.
Lori Drummer, American Legislative Exchange Council
School Reform News
...an important education reform book
Jim Wooten
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[Jay P. Greene's] book provides data-driven research and analysis to refute each myth, as well as a substantial bibliography to encourage further fact finding. We are reminded to let the facts inform us, even though powerful special interest groups seek to maintain the mythology and defy logic and scientific basis.
Education Reporter
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