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Social Psychology and Society
2015. Vol. 6, no. 3, 167–173
doi:10.17759/sps.2015060313
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)

Book review: Diane Ravitch "The death and life of the great American school system". New York: Basic Books , 2010

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K. Beals

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Abstract

The current paper is a translation of Katharine Beals' review of the book "The death and life of the great American school system" by Diane Ravich. The article analyses the views on the causes of the inefficiency of the American school system expressed by Ravich, as well as the ways of its improvement suggested by her. A change of stance compared to her previous works is also noted. Translator: Vinogradova K.N. Original in: Nonpartisan Education Review / Reviews 7(1). Available online: http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v111/review1.html

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Journal rubric: Critique and Bibliography

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2015060313

For citation: Beals K. Book review: Diane Ravitch "The death and life of the great American school system". New York: Basic Books , 2010. Sotsial'naya psikhologiya i obshchestvo = Social Psychology and Society, 2015. Vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 167–173. DOI: 10.17759/sps.2015060313. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

References

  1. Ravich D. Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform. N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 2001. 534 р. ISBN 0-684-84417-6.
  2. Ravich D. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. N.Y.: Basic Books, 2010. 242 p.

Information About the Authors

Katharine Beals, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, At the an Adjunct Professor at the Drexel University School of Education, e-mail: katharine.p.beals@gmail.com

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