Not As Good As You Think: The Myth of the Middle Class School

Itchon, Rowena; Izumi, Lance T.; Pipes, Sally

ISBN 10: 1934276146 ISBN 13: 9781934276143

Verlag: Pacific Research Inst for Public, 2008

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Not as Good as You Think: The Myth of the Middle Class School shatters the myth that “good” schools are round in “nice” neighborhoods. Using data on school performance and interviews with parents, students, principals, and school reformers, Not as Good as You Think confirms parents’ silent fear: that their financial sacrifice and investment in an expensive home in a “good” school district is not yielding the achievement results needed to get their kids into good colleges and good jobs.

The film takes audiences on a tour of America’s best neighborhoods to reveal that schools in America’s affluent and middle class neighborhoods are not adequately preparing kids for higher education, or worse, operating under widespread corruption. The film also contrasts the American public school system with that of Sweden’s, a socially progressive country that allows parents, at government expense, to choose any school that fits their children’s needs – private or public – no matter the parents’ income. 

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Rowena M. Itchon is Vice President for Marketing at the Pacific Research Institute. Prior to joining PRI, she was a senior editor at Regnery Publishing in Washington, D.C., where she edited five New York Times bestselling books. Her experience in public policy and government includes speechwriter for former California Governor Pete Wilson and former Chairman of the SEC Richard Breeden. She was also a researcher with the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting during the Reagan Administration. Ms. Itchon holds an MBA from George Washington University and a BA from the University of Southern California.

Lance T. Izumi is the Senior Fellow in California Studies and Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI), California's premier free-market public policy think tank in San Francisco. He is the author of several major PRI studies, including "Putting Education to the Test: A Value-Added Model for California" (2004), the "California Education Report Card: Index of Leading Education Indicators" (1997, 2000 and 2003 editions), "Developing and Implementing Academic Standards" (1999), "Facing the Classroom Challenge: Teacher Quality and Teacher Training in California's Schools of Education" (2001), and "They Have Overcome: High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools in California" (2002).

Sally C. Pipes is president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute and expert on health care and economic issues. A former Canadian, and a refugee from Canada’s government-run health care system, she lives in California, is a frequent guest on network and cable news shows, and is a regular columnist for Forbes.com.

 

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• Verlag: Pacific Research Inst for Public
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1934276146
• ISBN 13: 9781934276143
• Einband: DVD
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