The Death and Life of the Great American School System

by Diane Ravitch

  Manual High School (Denver)

  Martin, Michael O.

  Massachusetts

  charter schools in

  NCLB and

  performance on NAEP and TIMSS

  school choice programs in

  state standards and curriculum

  teachers’ unions in

  Mathematics curriculum

  constructivism and

  in District 2 (New York City)

  Everyday Mathematics

  Impact Mathematics

  Minnesota performance on TIMSS and

  NCLB mandates and

  in New York City

  in San Diego

  TERC

  traditionalists vs. constructivists

  See also Curriculum

  Maxwell, William Henry

  Mayoral control. See also New York City public schools

  Meier, Deborah

  Merit pay. See Teachers

  Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

  Microsoft

  Milwaukee public schools

  Moe, Terry M.

  “Monday Night Massacre” (New York City)

  Mountlake Terrace High School (Washington State)

  Mullis, Ina V. S.

  Multiple-choice testing

  NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

  Nast, Thomas

  Nation at Risk, A (National Commission on Excellence in Education)

  National Academy of Education

  National Academy of Sciences

  National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

  in Atlanta

  charter schools compared to public schools

  compared to state test scores

  as NCLB requirement

  in New York City

  proficiency levels defined

  See also Accountability; No Child Left Behind; Standardized tests and testing

  National Catholic Education Association

  National Commission on Excellence in Education

  National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future

  National Conference of State Legislatures

  National Council for the Social Studies

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

  National Education Association

  National Education Goals Panel

  National Governors Association

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  National Research Council

  National Science Foundation

  Nauer, Kim. See Hemphill and Nauer study

  NCLB. See No Child Left Behind

  Neighborhood schools closing of

  Gates-Broad agenda and

  NCLB and

  school choice and

  value of

  Neill, A. S.

  New Orleans

  NewSchools Venture Fund

  New Teacher Project

  New Visions for Public Schools

  New York City Leadership Academy

  New York City Public School Parents’ blog

  New York City public schools accountability movement and

  charter schools and

  centralization vs. decentralization of

  credit recovery and

  Gates Foundation and

  graduation rate of

  mayoral control of

  small high schools in

  See also District 2 (New York City)

  No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

  compared to New York City reforms

  compared to San Diego Blueprint

  contrasted with A Nation at Risk

  free-market reformers and

  Linn on

  New York City school grades and

  schools in need of improvement (SINI)

  state scores vs. NAEP scores

  See also Accountability; Standardized tests and testing

  Noguera, Pedro

  Norquist, John

  NYC HOLD

  Oakland public schools

  Obama administration

  Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis in New York City

  Open enrollment in Minnesota

  Open Society Institute

  Osborne, David

  Pallas, Aaron

  Panel for Educational Policy (New York City)

  Parent involvement in schools

  Payzant, Tom

  Pearson, P. David

  Pendleton, Bertha

  People for the American Way

  Perlstein, Linda

  Pesta, Terry

  Peterson, Paul

  Petrilli, Michael J.

  Philadelphia public schools

  Philanthrocapitalism. See Venture philanthropies

  Phonics vs. whole language reading instruction

  Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools (Chubb and Moe)

  Princeton Review

  Principals. See Professionalism; Tenure

  Privatization of public schools criticism of

  NCLB and

  in Philadelphia

  Shanker’s opposition to

  union opposition to

  Walton Family Foundation and

  See also Charter schools

  Professionalism

  Broad on

  Darling-Hammond on

  economists on

  Katzir on

  A Nation at Risk on

  NCLB and

  NCTAF on

  principals and

  teachers and

  See also Teachers

  Proficiency levels, definitions of

  Proficiency Illusion, The (Northwest Evaluation Association)

  Psychometricians on testing

  Race to the Top fund

  RAND Corporation

  Ratliff, Ruby

  Raymond, Margaret E.

  Reading programs

  Balanced Literacy and

  NCLB mandates and

  phonics vs. whole language

  See also New York City public schools; San Diego public schools

  Reagan administration

  Regents examinations in New York

  Reinventing Government (Osborne and Gaebler)

  Religious schools. See also Catholic schools

  Republican Party

  Resnick, Lauren

  Restructuring, in NCLB

  Rhee, Michelle

  Riley, Richard

  Risley, Todd R.

  Rivkin, Steven

  Robelen, Erik W.

  Robertson Foundation

  Rockoff, Jonah E.

  “Role of Government in Education” (Milton Friedman)

  Romer, Roy

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Rosenwald, Julius

  Ross, Courtney Sale

  Rothstein, Jesse

  Rothstein, Richard

  Rouse, Cecelia E.

  San Diego Chamber of Commerce

  San Diego public schools Balanced Literacy and

  Blueprint for Student Success

  District 2 (New York City) as model for

  evaluations of achievement in

  racial and ethnic composition of

  San Diego Review

  Sanders, William

  SAT tests

  Schemo, Diana Jean

  Schmidt, William

  Schneider, Mark

  School choice

  Bennett and

  Broad Foundation and

  Catholic schools and

  Chubb and Moe on

  Gates Foundation and

  Milton Friedman on

  NEA, AFT opposition to

  NCLB and

  in New York City

  origins of charter schools

  during Reagan administration

  Republican advocacy for

  as resistance to desegregation

  test scores and

  venture philanthropies and

  Walton Family Foundation and

  See also Charter schools; Vouchers; specific cities

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  School size

  Gates Foundation and

  Manual High School (Denver)

  Mountlake Terrace High School (Washington State)

  small high schools

  Valerie E. Lee on

  See also High schools

  Sclafani, Susan

  “Scrubbing” of test scores

  Scott, James C.

  SDEA (San Diego Education Association)

  Shanker, Albert

  Shelton, James H.

  Shenkman, Rick

  Sims, David

  SINI schools. See No Child Left Behind

  Smith, Hedrick

  Special education students in Boston charter schools

  charter schools and

  KIPP schools and

  NCLB and

  school test scores and

  small high schools and

  Spellman, Francis, Cardinal

  Spencer, Louisa C.

  SRI International

  Staiger, Douglas O.

  Standardized tests and testing curriculum and

  history of

  in NCLB

  in New York City

  Shanker on

  state vs. federal scores

  in Texas

  uses and misuses of

  See also Accountability; No Child Left Behind; Test preparation; Value-added assessment

  Statham, Kim

  Summerhill (Neill)

  Supplementary Educational Services (SES) in NCLB

  Supreme Court rulings

  Systemic school reform

  Teach for America (TFA)

  Teachers

  compensation

  credentials

  Darling-Hammond on

  “effective” or “top-quintile,”

  Gladwell on

  Goldhaber on

  Gordon, Kane, and Staiger on

  Hanushek and Rivkin on

  Kristof on

  merit pay plans and

  A Nation at Risk on

  Rhee on

  Ruby Ratliff

  Teachers’ unions

  American Federation of Teachers

  critics of

  endorsement of mayoral control in New York City

  charter schools and

  National Education Association

  peer review and

  Rhee on

  San Diego Education Association (SDEA)

  United Federation of Teachers

  Washington Teachers’ Union

  Tenure

  Goldhaber on

  principals’ role in awarding

  reasons for

  Rhee on

  Test preparation

  Koretz on

  in NCLB

  in New York City

  Perlstein on

  Tobias on

  See also Standardized tests and testing

  Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade (Perlstein)

  Testing. See Standardized tests and testing

  Texas public schools

  charter schools and

  cheating in

  gains on state tests, questioned

  testing in

  Textbooks, as de facto curriculum

  TFA. See Teach for America

  Thomas B. Fordham Institute

  Thompson, Tommy

  TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)

  Tobias, Robert

  Trust in Schools (Bryk and Schneider)

  Tucker, Marc

  Tutoring (Supplementary Educational Services), in NCLB

  Tweed (Department of Education in New York City under mayoral control)

  Tweed, William Marcy

  Uncommon Schools

  Unions, teachers’. See Teachers’ unions

  United Federation of Teachers (New York City)

  Urban League

  Urban School Reform (Hess)

  Usdan, Michael

  Value-added assessment (VAA)

  Venture philanthropies

  Voinovich, George

  Voluntary national standards

  Vouchers

  academic achievement and

  charter school movement and

  Chubb and Moe on

  in Cleveland

  D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

  debates about

  Milton Friedman and

  in Milwaukee

  Reagan and

  Walton Family Foundation and

  Zelman v. Simmons-Harris and

  See also Charter schools; School choice

  W. K. Kellogg Foundation

  Walberg, Herbert

  Walton, Sam

  Walton Family Foundation

  Ward, Randy

  Washington.C., schools. See District of Columbia public schools

  Washington Teachers’ Union

  Weiner, Lois

  Weingarten, Randi

  Weiss, Joanne S.

  Welch, Jack

  What Matters Most (NCTAF)

  Whole language movement

  Wilcox, Preston

  Williams, Joe

  Williams, Polly

  Witte, John

  Workshop model, Teachers College

  Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

  Zimmerman, Frances O’Neill

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