The Big Lies of School Reform

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Foreword Kevin Kumashiro Introduction Paul C. Gorski & Kristien The Big Picture 1. The Pedagogy of Poverty: The Big Lies About Poor Children Gloria Ladson-Billings 2. Improving Education and the Mistaken Focus on Raising Test Scores and Closing the Achievement Gap Rochelle Gutierrez Curriculum and Assessment 3. The Common Core: Engine of Inequity Anthony Cody 4. Direct Instruction: Effectively Teaching Low-Level Skills Curt Dudley-Marling 5. Detangling the Lies about English-Only and Bilingual Education Jim Cummins 6. The Test Does Not Know Best: On Collecting Good Evidence for Student Learning Deborah Meier Teachers and Teaching 7. Lying about Teachers and Their Training Kristien Zenkov 8. Debunking the Lie that Teachers' Unions Are Bad for Kids Katy Swalwell Schools and Policy 9. The Truth about Tracking Lauren Anderson and Jeannie Oakes 10. Poverty, Economic Inequality, and the Impossible Promise of School Reform Paul C. Gorski 11. Seeing Students as Humans, Not Products: Why Public Schools Should Not Be Run Like Private Businesses Wayne Au 12. The Trouble with Federal Turnaround Policies and Their Impact on Low-Scoring Schools Michelle Renee and Tina Trujillo