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Waiting for "Superman" : how we can save America's failing public schools / edited by Karl Weber

Book | PublicAffairs/Perseus Books Group | 2010 | First edition.

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Edition	First edition.
Description	vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Note	"A participant media guide."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This book explores politically charged topics through a series of essays by thinkers at the leading edge of educational innovation. It shows how failing schools destroy neighborhoods--not the reverse--and how research reveals that dedicated, attentive teachers are what help at-risk kids succeed. Inspired the film directed by "An Inconvenient Truth"'s Davis Guggenheim.
Subject	Educational accountability -- Law and legislation -- United States. Education -- Standards -- United States. Education -- United States -- Evaluation. School improvement programs -- United States. Educational equalization -- United States.
Addl. Author	Weber, Karl, 1953-
ISBN	1586489275 (pbk.) 9781586489274 (pbk.)

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