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Teachers versus the public, what Americans think about their schools and how to fix them, Paul E. Peterson, Michael B. Henderson, and Martin R. West

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

no index present

non fiction

Teachers versus the public

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875099024

Paul E. Peterson, Michael B. Henderson, and Martin R. West

what Americans think about their schools and how to fix them

A comprehensive exploration of 21st Century school politics, Teachers versus the Public offers the first comparison of the education policy views of both teachers and the public as a whole, and reveals a deep, broad divide between the opinions held by citizens and those who teach in the public schools. Among the findings: ? Divisions between teachers and the public are wider and deeper than differences between other groups often thought to contest school policy, such as Republicans and Democrats, the young and the old, the rich and the poor, or African Americans and whites.</

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; The Education Iron Triangle; The Teacher-Public Divide; Other Social Divisions; My Back Yard; Information Corrodes; Further Oxidization; Divisions Within; Future of the Education Iron Triangle; Appendix A: Data Collection and Analysis; Appendix B: Selected Survey Questions, 2007-13; Appendix C: Detailed Responses to Questions in Tables 2-2 and A-I; Note to Reader; Notes; Index; About the Authors; Back Covers

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