{"product_id":"9780807004418","title":"Will Standards Save Public Education?","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomewhere. . . there is a place of sanity where education is intense and substantive. . . . It's in that place that Deborah Meier has been working all these years. Her voice conveys a life of struggle in the front lines-victories and losses, hopes and disappointments. . . . It's a voice our nation needs to hear. —Jonathan Kozol, from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed educator Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure, Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization, she argues, prevents citizens-including teachers-from emerging as thoughtful, responsible adults, seriously engaged with shaping their own schools, classrooms, and communities. As a result, young people can't learn from them how to be thoughtful, responsible adults and good citizens, the primary goal of public education in a democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea, carried out with intelligence and panache.\" —Robert Pinsky\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015307837680,"sku":"9780807004418","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807004418_p0.jpg?v=1763729709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807004418","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}