But the book's story begins with the
ostensible failure of public education and its rapidly rising costs, mediocre student achievement results, poor high - school graduation rates, and limp international rankings.
«The
mythical failure of public education has been created and perpetuated in large part by political and economic interests that stand to gain from the destruction of the traditional system,» the authors write in the book's intro.
«WRITINGS» are a big crime in an increasingly militaristic society whose entire educational direction is being captivated into the vortex of
the failure of public education — the junk food of the American mind..
Conservatives could see a victory for Freston as highlighting
the failures of public education and providing a back door to school choice.
Goldin, professor of economics at Harvard, and Katz, a Harvard professor of economics who worked as chief economist at the Labor Department, cover subjects that generate a great deal of cable - news and op - ed - page heat, such as the stagnation of incomes and
the failures of public education.
The failure of the public education system to retain its best employees represents a wasted opportunity to improve student outcomes.
Someone or something must be held accountable for what is claimed as
the failure of public education to produce similar academic results across groups.
So many people here are fired up about AF attempting to create a great school but none of the folks commenting here get fired up about for profit prisons making money off
the failures of public education....
So there's a part of me that's motivated by a history of
the failure of the public education system to always meet the unique needs of kids and families.
But the fact is this, the so - called «
failures of public education» is actually the failures of the larger society and not the public school system alone.