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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

by Jack Schneider, Jennifer Berkshire ...

In the "vigorous, well-informed" ( Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education."Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and ... Read more

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In the "vigorous, well-informed" ( Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education."Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and
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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

by Jack Schneider, Jennifer C. Berkshire ...

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight backIn the “vigorous, well-informed” (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do ... Read more

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A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight backIn the “vigorous, well-informed” (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do
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Off the Mark

How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning

by Jack Schneider, Ethan L. Hutt ...

Narrated by Rudy Sanda ...

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7 hours 30 min

Anyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child's report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended consequences. As experts agree, our primary assessment technologies—grading, rating, and ranking—don't actually provide an accurate picture of how students are doing in school. Worse, ... Read more

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Anyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child's report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended consequences. As experts agree, our primary assessment technologies—grading, rating, and ranking—don't actually provide an accurate picture of how students are doing in school. Worse,
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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

by Jack Schneider, Jennifer C. Berkshire ...

Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

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7 hours 33 min

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back.If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. Opponents of public education have long sought to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. But the present crisis has provided them with their best ... Read more

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A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back.If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. Opponents of public education have long sought to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. But the present crisis has provided them with their best
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Beyond Test Scores

A Better Way to Measure School Quality

by Jack Schneider ...

When it comes to sizing up America’s public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the “best” schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school’s performance. It is time—indeed past time—to rethink this system, Jack Schneider says.Beyond Test Scores reframes current ... Read more

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When it comes to sizing up America’s public schools, test scores are the go-to metric of state policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the “best” schools. Yet ample research indicates that standardized tests are a poor way to measure a school’s performance. It is time—indeed past time—to rethink this system, Jack Schneider says.Beyond Test Scores reframes current
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Off the Mark

How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)

by Jack Schneider, Ethan L. Hutt ...

Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning.Anyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child’s report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended ... Read more

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Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning.Anyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child’s report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended
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The Education Wars

A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual

by Jennifer C. Berkshire, Jack Schneider ...

An “invaluable guide” (Forbes) to understanding and winning the fight for our public schools“Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States.” —Heather McGhee, bestselling author of The Sum of UsOur public schools are on the front lines of a fierce battle. In communities across the nation, heated culture wars have erupted—threatening to undermine ... Read more

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An “invaluable guide” (Forbes) to understanding and winning the fight for our public schools“Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States.” —Heather McGhee, bestselling author of The Sum of UsOur public schools are on the front lines of a fierce battle. In communities across the nation, heated culture wars have erupted—threatening to undermine
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The Education Wars

A Citizen's Guide and Defense Manual

by Jennifer C. Berkshire, Jack Schneider ...

An "invaluable guide" ( Forbes) to understanding and winning the fight for our public schools"Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States." —Heather McGhee, bestselling author of The Sum of UsOur public schools are on the front lines of a fierce battle. In communities across the nation, heated culture wars have erupted—threatening to undermine ... Read more

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An "invaluable guide" ( Forbes) to understanding and winning the fight for our public schools"Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of public education in the United States." —Heather McGhee, bestselling author of The Sum of UsOur public schools are on the front lines of a fierce battle. In communities across the nation, heated culture wars have erupted—threatening to undermine
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The Education Wars

A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual

by Jennifer C. Berkshire, Jack Schneider ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schoolsCulture wars have engulfed our schools. Extremist groups are seeking to ban books, limit what educators can teach, and threaten the very foundations of public education. What's behind these efforts? Why are our schools suddenly so vulnerable? And how can the millions of Americans who love their public ... Read more

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A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schoolsCulture wars have engulfed our schools. Extremist groups are seeking to ban books, limit what educators can teach, and threaten the very foundations of public education. What's behind these efforts? Why are our schools suddenly so vulnerable? And how can the millions of Americans who love their public
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Allagash River Towboat

A Maine Logging Adventure

by Jack Schneider , Assistant Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Co ...

Back in the days of the lumberjack and river drive, supplies and equipment were moved up Maine's most remote river by towboats - large, wooden barge-like vessels - which were towed upriver by horses or oxen on the shore. In this story, eleven-year-old Ben takes the trip of a lifetime when he accompanies his Uncle Horace on one of the last towboat trips up Maine's wild Allagash River. Along the way ... Read more

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Back in the days of the lumberjack and river drive, supplies and equipment were moved up Maine's most remote river by towboats - large, wooden barge-like vessels - which were towed upriver by horses or oxen on the shore. In this story, eleven-year-old Ben takes the trip of a lifetime when he accompanies his Uncle Horace on one of the last towboat trips up Maine's wild Allagash River. Along the way
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Have Not Been the Same (rev)

by Michael Barclay,Ian A. D. Jack,and Jason Schneider ...

Published in autumn 2001 Have Not Been the Same became the first book to comprehensively document the rise of Canadian underground rock between the years 1985 and 1995. It was a tumultuous decade that saw the arrival of Blue Rodeo The Tragically Hip Sarah McLachlan Sloan Barenaked Ladies Daniel Lanois and many others who made an indelible mark not only on Canadian culture but on the global stage ... Read more

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Published in autumn 2001 Have Not Been the Same became the first book to comprehensively document the rise of Canadian underground rock between the years 1985 and 1995. It was a tumultuous decade that saw the arrival of Blue Rodeo The Tragically Hip Sarah McLachlan Sloan Barenaked Ladies Daniel Lanois and many others who made an indelible mark not only on Canadian culture but on the global stage
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Chrome Mountain

A Novel by Ben Schneider: Creator of Airman Artless

by Ben Schneider ...

Narrated by Jack Ravenscroft ...

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Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

Inventor Trey Radisson ended a revolutionary project to prevent a threat to the free world. Now, a greater threat means to acquire his expertise, turning his road trip into a high-speed pursuit. Chrome Falcon, the near future’s top terrorist force, leaves a path of ruin while trying to snare Trey and turn the law against him. Sonya McCall, a former outlaw on a Harley, becomes his only ally. The ... Read more

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Inventor Trey Radisson ended a revolutionary project to prevent a threat to the free world. Now, a greater threat means to acquire his expertise, turning his road trip into a high-speed pursuit. Chrome Falcon, the near future’s top terrorist force, leaves a path of ruin while trying to snare Trey and turn the law against him. Sonya McCall, a former outlaw on a Harley, becomes his only ally. The
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