{"title":"Jack Schneider","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the complex landscape of education with clarity and insight. His works delve into the challenges and controversies facing modern schooling, offering thoughtful analysis that challenges conventional wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a compelling examination of educational issues, blending critical perspectives with accessible writing. Schneider’s books invite reflection on how we teach and learn in today’s world, making them essential for educators, policymakers, and those passionate about education.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-education-wars-by-jennifer-c-berkshire-9781620978542","title":"The Education Wars","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCulture wars have engulfed our schools. Extremist groups are seeking to ban books, limit what educators can teach, and threaten the very foundations of public education. What's behind these efforts? Why are our schools suddenly so vulnerable? And how can the millions of Americans who love their public schools fight back?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this concise, hard-hitting guide, journalist Jennifer C. Berkshire and education scholar Jack Schneider answer these questions and chart a way forward. \u003cem\u003eThe Education Wars\u003c\/em\u003e explains the sudden obsession with race and gender in schools, as well as the ascendancy of book-banning efforts. It offers a clear analysis of school vouchers and the impact they'll have on school finances. It deciphers the movement for \"parents' rights,\" explaining the rights that students and taxpayers also have. And it reveals how the ostensible pursuit of \"religious freedom\" opens the door to discrimination against vulnerable children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBerkshire and Schneider outline the core issues driving the education wars, offering essential information about issues, actors, and potential outcomes. In so doing, they lay out what is at stake for parents, teachers, and students and provide a road map for ensuring that public education survives this present assault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA book that will enrage and enlighten the millions of citizens who believe in their public schools, here is a long-overdue handbook and guide to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384031527148,"sku":"9781620978542","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3376073482765.jpg?v=1773397059"},{"product_id":"off-the-mark-by-ethan-l-hutt-9780674248410","title":"Off the Mark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child's report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended consequences. But that's not all. As experts agree, our primary assessment technologies—grading, rating, and ranking—do not actually provide an accurate picture of how students are doing in school. Worse, they distort student and educator behaviour in ways that undermine learning and exacerbate inequality. Yet despite widespread dissatisfaction, grades, test scores, and transcripts remain the currency of the realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOff the Mark\u003c\/em\u003e, Jack Schneider and Ethan Hutt explain how we got into this predicament, why we remain beholden to our outmoded forms of assessment, and what we can do to change course. As they make clear, most current attempts at reform will not solve the complex problems we face. Instead, Schneider and Hutt offer a range of practical reforms, like embracing multiple measures of performance and making the so-called permanent record \"overwritable.\" As they explain, we can remake our approach in ways that better advance the three different purposes that assessment currently serves: motivating students to learn, communicating meaningful information about what young people know and can do, and synchronising an otherwise fragmented educational system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in an accessible style for a broad audience, \u003cem\u003eOff the Mark\u003c\/em\u003e is a guide for everyone who wants to ensure that assessment serves the fundamental goal of education—helping students learn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426705162476,"sku":"9780674248410","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674248410.jpg?v=1774767847"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jack-schneider.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}