Will standards save public education? / Deborah Meier [in a new democracy forum with Theodore Sizer, Linda Nathan, Abigail Thernstrom, and others] foreword by Jonathan Kozol edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston review.

Boston : Beacon Press, c2000.
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Foreword / Jonathan Kozol — Editors’ Preface / Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers — Educating a Democracy / Deborah Meier — No Excuses / Abigail Thernstrom — Making a Difference / Bob Chase — Expert Opinion / Gary B. Nash — Habits of Mind / Linda Nathan — The Case for Standards / Richard J. Murnane — The Standards Fraud / William Ayers — A Sense of Place / Theodore Sizer — Reply / Deborah Meier.
Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure. Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization, she argues, prevents citizens – including teachers – from emerging as thoughtful, responsible adults, seriously engaged with shaping their own schools, classrooms, and communities. As a result, young people can’t learn from them how to be thoughtful, responsible adults and good citizens, the primary goal of public education in a democracy. –BOOK JACKET.

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