The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Rury,John

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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

reviewed by John L. Rury - October 06, 2010

Title: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Author(s): Diane Ravitch
Publisher: Basic Books, New York
ISBN: 0465014917, Pages: 296, Year: 2010
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John Rury University of Kansas E-mail Author JOHN L. RURY is professor of education and (by courtesy) history at the University of Kansas. His published work has focused on issues concerning gender, race, and social inequality in the history of American education, and related policy questions. He is an author or editor of six books and more than 100 articles and reviews in scholarly journals and edited collections.

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