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| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | Thinking About Education in a Different Way | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Myths About Achievement and Aptitude | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | Other Myths About American Schools | 65 |
| Ch. 4 | Why Now? | 129 |
| Ch. 5 | Poor Ideas for Reform | 173 |
| Ch. 6 | Real Problems of American Education | 215 |
| Ch. 7 | Toward the Improvement of Education | 281 |
| Ch. 8 | Fundamentals of School Improvement: Research and Compassion | 343 |
| Endnotes | 351 | |
| References | 363 | |
| Name Index | 393 | |
| Subject Index | 403 |
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Jello Paul
reviewed The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools on January 10, 2018 The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools
I confess that I had fallen for the propaganda from the Reagan and Bush administrations saying that our schools are terrible, typified by _A Nation at Risk_. Berlinger and Biddle show that our education system, on the whole, is among the best in the world, especially given the relatively low amount of money we spend on it. They dismantle the false claims of education critics and suggest reasons the lies gained support (the lies further an agenda of supporting the upper class at the expense of the poor, schools serve as scapegoats for other societal ills; and private school CEOs can get federal handouts). They also go into detail about the ways our schools *do* fall short (the biggest being unequal funding leaving many schools in squalor, especially where good education is most needed; also: too much testing, big bureaucracies, and more) and give evidence-based suggestions for improvement. Written in 1995, the book could benefit a little from an update, but it is still remarkably current.
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