<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>6</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ravitch,Diane</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Educational accountability--United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Educational tests and measurements--United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Public schools--United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">School choice--United States</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8490743</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Basic Books</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New York, NY</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">283</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9780465014910</style></isbn><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contents: What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked! : how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City -- NCLB : measure and punish -- Choice : the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned.; Summary: Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.</style></abstract><call-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cubb LA217.2 .R38 2010</style></call-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&quot;Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating both the central importance of strong public education and the central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares about public education should read this book.&quot; -- Linda Darling-Hammond,  Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education, Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National Commission for Teaching &amp; America's Future</style></notes></record></records></xml>