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• catalog abstract ""In a series of shocking revelations, Mr. Gross describes how the typical teacher learns little more than a two-year community college graduate; how the average college-bound student scores fifty points higher on his SAT exams than most of his teachers; how the great majority of school teachers are less trained in their own specialties than other college graduates in the same field; and how "untrained" teachers in both private and public schools perform better than Establishment graduates." "The usual remedies - from federal aid to smaller class sizes - have done nothing to alleviate these problems because they make no attempt to challenge the Education Establishment's control. In a powerful Bill of Indictment, Mr. Gross shows how the teaching vocation, aided by its unions, maintains a self-perpetuating cycle of low performance, and he offers his own detailed prescription for change that will raise public education to the level our children - and society - need and deserve."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11478793.
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""In a series of shocking revelations, Mr. Gross describes how the typical teacher learns little more than a two-year community college graduate; how the average college-bound student scores fifty points higher on his SAT exams than most of his teachers; how the great majority of school teachers are less trained in their own specialties than other college graduates in the same field; and how "untrained" teachers in both private and public schools perform better than Establishment graduates." "The usual remedies - from federal aid to smaller class sizes - have done nothing to alleviate these problems because they make no attempt to challenge the Education Establishment's control. In a powerful Bill of Indictment, Mr. Gross shows how the teaching vocation, aided by its unions, maintains a self-perpetuating cycle of low performance, and he offers his own detailed prescription for change that will raise public education to the level our children - and society - need and deserve."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "An indictment of the education establishment : the decline of teaching and learning -- A tale of American student failure : domestic ignorance and international embarrassment -- The making of a modern teacher : weak selection and a "Mickey Mouse" education -- The debased reading curriculum : whatever happened to phonics? -- Licensing and certification of teachers : a nationwide sham -- The debased general curriculum : whatever happened to geography and trigonometry? -- The psychologized classroom : counseling, personality testing, and Dr. Freud -- Private, parachial, and charter schools : superior education and a matter of choice -- Alternate certification of teachers : competition from a brighter "untrained" cadre -- Middle school and high school : legions of abandoned minds -- The teachers' unions : using schools as a political tool -- The establishment and the community : unscholarly administrators, weak school boards, and pliant PTAs -- Conclusion : how tof reform, rebuild, and regain our public schools.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-276) and index.".
• catalog extent "x, 291 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0060194588".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "371.01/0973 21".
• catalog subject "LA217.2 .G76 1999".
• catalog subject "Public schools United States Evaluation.".
• catalog subject "School failure United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "An indictment of the education establishment : the decline of teaching and learning -- A tale of American student failure : domestic ignorance and international embarrassment -- The making of a modern teacher : weak selection and a "Mickey Mouse" education -- The debased reading curriculum : whatever happened to phonics? -- Licensing and certification of teachers : a nationwide sham -- The debased general curriculum : whatever happened to geography and trigonometry? -- The psychologized classroom : counseling, personality testing, and Dr. Freud -- Private, parachial, and charter schools : superior education and a matter of choice -- Alternate certification of teachers : competition from a brighter "untrained" cadre -- Middle school and high school : legions of abandoned minds -- The teachers' unions : using schools as a political tool -- The establishment and the community : unscholarly administrators, weak school boards, and pliant PTAs -- Conclusion : how tof reform, rebuild, and regain our public schools.".
• catalog title "The conspiracy of ignorance : the failure of American public schools / Martin L. Gross.".
• catalog type "text".