Annual Report for the School Year Ending ...

Annual Report for the School Year Ending ...
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Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105131040797
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Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Annual Report for the School Year Ending ... by : Common Schools of Cincinnati

Bilingual Public Schooling in the United States

Bilingual Public Schooling in the United States
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9780230106093
ISBN-13 : 0230106099
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Synopsis Bilingual Public Schooling in the United States by : P. Ramsey

This history of one of the most contentious educational issues in America examines bilingual instruction in the United States from the common school era to the recent federal involvement in the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing from school reports, student narratives, legal resources, policy documents, and other primary sources, the work teases out the underlying agendas and patterns in bilingual schooling during much of America s history. The study demonstrates clearly how the broader context - the cultural, intellectual, religious, demographic, economic, and political forces - shaped the contours of dual-language instruction in America between the 1840s and 1960s. Ramsey s work fills a crucial void in the educational literature and addresses not only historians, linguists, and bilingual scholars, but also policymakers and practitioners in the field.

Annual Report of the Board of Education

Annual Report of the Board of Education
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Total Pages : 534
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B2984900
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Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Education by : Massachusetts. Board of Education

Annual Report of the Board of Education of the Columbus Public Schools

Annual Report of the Board of Education of the Columbus Public Schools
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Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105131033040
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Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Education of the Columbus Public Schools by : Columbus (Ohio). Board of Education

Contains courses of study, rules and regulations and directory of teachers.

Testing Wars in the Public Schools

Testing Wars in the Public Schools
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9780674075696
ISBN-13 : 0674075692
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Synopsis Testing Wars in the Public Schools by : William J. Reese

Written tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became a key factor in the political battles during this period that gave birth to America's modern public school system. William J. Reese offers a richly detailed history of an educational revolution that has so far been only partially told. Single-classroom schools were the norm throughout the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century. Pupils demonstrated their knowledge by rote recitation of lessons and were often assessed according to criteria of behavior and discipline having little to do with academics. Convinced of the inadequacy of this system, the reformer Horace Mann and allies on the Boston School Committee crafted America's first major written exam and administered it as a surprise in local schools in 1845. The embarrassingly poor results became front-page news and led to the first serious consideration of tests as a useful pedagogic tool and objective measure of student achievement. A generation after Mann's experiment, testing had become widespread. Despite critics' ongoing claims that exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. Testing Wars in the Public Schools puts contemporary battles over scholastic standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the historic successes and limitations of the pencil-and-paper exam.