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A citizen's guide to the 'No Child Left Behind' Act of 2002 argues that the bill changed education for the worse by imposing unrealistic standards for testing and harsh sanctions against schools that do not comply. Original.
By Deborah Meier (editor) and George H. Wood (editor)

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9780807004593 | Beacon Pr, September 29, 2004, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Discusses the negative effects of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and explains how this act punishes rather than helps poor and minority kids and their schools.

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Offers the inspirational story of one man who left academia behind in order to become the principal of a struggling high school and who turned the school and its students around through a special blend of dedication, determination, and old-fashioned teaching. By the author of Schools That Work. Reprint. PW.

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9780452280281, titled "A Time to Learn: The Story of One High School's Remarkable Transformation and the People Who Made It Happen" | Plume, August 1, 1999, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: The author reveals how he left academia behind in order to become the principal of a struggling high school, and how he turned the school and its students around through dedication and determination

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Offers the inspirational story of one man who left academia behind in order to become the principal of a struggling high school and who turned the school and its students around through a special blend of dedication, determination, and old-fashioned teaching. 10,000 first printing.

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9780525939559 | E P Dutton, August 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The author reveals how he left academia behind in order to become the principal of a struggling high school, and how he turned the school and its students around through dedication and determination

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Product Description: This text relates selected American educational issues to the broader themes of individual and social justice. Thus issues such as equal opportunity, student classification, curriculum and democracy in schooling are all seen in the light of a broader concern with justice.

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9780070612693 | 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill College, April 1, 1995), cover price $58.25 | also contains From Sea to Salt | About this edition: This text relates selected American educational issues to the broader themes of individual and social justice.

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A practical approach to the crisis in American education presents portraits of educational success in schools across the nation, offering a message of hope to educators and parents

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9780525934219 | E P Dutton, April 1, 1992, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A practical approach to the crisis in American education presents portraits of educational success in schools across the nation, offering a message of hope to educators and parents

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9780452269590, titled "Schools That Work: America's Most Innovative Public Education Programs" | Reprint edition (Plume, April 1, 1993), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A practical approach to the crisis in American education presents portraits of educational success in schools across the nation, offering a message of hope to educators and parents

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