Duck and Cover: Confronting and Correcting Dubious Practices in Education
192Duck and Cover: Confronting and Correcting Dubious Practices in Education
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Overview
Book Features:
- Invites K–12 educational policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to question the effectiveness of everyday practices.
- Shows that some commonly practiced and even sacred beliefs in education are not scientifically sound or even logical.
- Points to actions that leaders can take to remove, reconsider, or revise detrimental practices—a duck-and-cover audit guide with questions readers can use to examine what they do.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780807767917 |
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Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
Publication date: | 04/28/2023 |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 6.38(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
ContentsAcknowledgments vIntroduction 1
Part I: DREAMS, FANTASIES, AND NIGHTMARES
1. Kindergarten Readiness 132. College and Career Readiness 203. Reading Proficiency by 3rd Grade 274. The Achievement Gap 345. Social and Emotional Learning 416. Foreign-Language Instruction 527. Educational Technology 60
Part II: OPERATIONAL BUGABOOS
8. Professional Development 719. Class Size 7810. Time 8511. Dress and Grooming Codes 9312. Teacher Evaluation 9913. Gifted and Talented and Exceptional Education 105
Part III: SYSTEMIC AND ANALYTIC CONUNDRUMS
14. State Standardized Testing 11515. Governance by School Board 12316. How Teachers Are Paid 13117. Meta-Analysis 141Conclusion 149
References 157Index 180About the Authors 185
What People are Saying About This
“Another title of this book might be ‘Reconsider.’ So many school policies are implemented and then hang on due to a lack of local evaluations or lethargy, even when they are not working as intended. Reconsideration is needed. In an engaging style, these two prestigious authors name some of those policies, discuss their troublesome properties, and explain why each needs to be reconsidered. School board members, administrators, and teachers need to take the analyses offered in this book to heart.”—David C. Berliner, Regents’ Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
“Ginsberg and Zhao have done educators and policymakers a service in exposing multiple ineffective but durable educational policies and practices and organizational patterns of behavior. They dissect the factors at play that lead to the implementation of policies and practice with scant attention to history, evidence, or potential unintended consequences. Reading this book should cause policymakers, educational leaders, and others to pause before latching onto the next sparkly idea that someone claims will cure what ails our schools—would that such an idea existed.”—Bill McDiarmid, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former dean, School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Don’t duck and cover but run and buy Rick and Yong’s book. They help us evaluate ‘silly and useless’ education policies, drawing on a boatload of research evidence, common sense, and humor. Damaging myths are dismissed, vital history lessons are told, and profound practical guidance is offered. A must-read for educators, policy leaders, and researchers alike!”—Barnett Berry, research professor, University of South Carolina and senior research fellow, Learning Policy Institute
“Duck and Cover: Confronting and Correcting Dubious Practices in Education unveils the ways well-intended federal, state, and local leaders create policies and practices that end up doing more harm than good in K–12 education. The authors’ thorough accounting of these policies and practices, and the mindsets that drive such efforts, illustrate the challenge and opportunity we have to change course and confront our assumptions of teachers and their students. This is a must-read for educators and policymakers alike.”—Lynn M. Gangone, president and chief executive officer, AACTE