An educator's GPS : fending off the free market of schooling for America's students /: fending off the free market of schooling for America's students. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeff Swensson, John Ellis and Michael Shaffer.
• Authors: Swensson, Jeff; Ellis, John (John G.), 1952-; Shaffer, Michael (Michael Byran)
• Contents: Intro; Title Page; Introduction; Free Market Schooling Pushes Traditional Public Education Out on a Limb; Why Bother with Self-Defense? We're Busy Enough Already!; What Are Traditional Public Educators Defending?; Staking a Claim on the Primary Purpose of Traditional Public Education; In Defense of Traditional Public Education: Intelligence and Thinking; In Defense of Traditional Public Education: Function; What Happens When Educators Teach How to Think ?; How Do Traditional Public Educators Know That Self-Defense Is Necessary? Don't Say You Weren't Warned! The Dangers of Free Market SchoolingMediated Identity in Windows and Mirrors; The Context of Free Market Testing Invokes a Culture of Failure; Tales, Stories, Fables, and Myths in the Free Market; Policymaking: Is That a Light at the End of the Tunnel?; The Self-Defense Responsibilities of Traditional Public Educators; References; Index; About the Authors
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.010973; Public schools -- United States; Education -- United States; Non-formal education -- United States; Privatization in education -- United States; EDUCATION / Administration / General; EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475850802; 1475850808
• Related ISBNs: 9781475850789
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 24, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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