Education's flashpoints : upside down or set-up to fail - Dueck, Jim, 1946- (Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015)
A blissful past disrupted -- "Holster" your anger -- Accountability: investment or expense? -- Class size: working or learning condition? -- Paying teachers for the wrong things -- Students are more accountable than educators -- Trust or accountability -- Teacher gender and fairness to boys -- Why is tenure such a villain? -- "Continuous pass" and "all pass" are unwelcome twins -- Democratizing education -- Striking is wrongheaded -- School boards misplaced priorities -- Coaches should not evaluate -- What gets measured gets taught -- The unfairness of prolonged summer vacations -- The pain of the twelve month window -- Measuring leadership -- Going from upside-down to right-way up -- References.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252).
Keywords: School improvement programs; Education and state