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The Red Pencil : Convictions from Experience in Education
The Red Pencil Convictions from Experience in Education Author:Theodore R. Sizer In this important critique of American education, the author of Horace’s Compromise identifies crucial areas of failure in public education and offers guidelines for creating a new educational system to meet each child’s needs and potential. — “Sizer is a national treasure, one of the few giants in education in the past h... more »alf century. . . . This is must reading for all who work in or care about schools in America.”—Arthur E. Levine, president and professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
“Whenever Sizer writes about education, it’s worth paying attention. . . . The Red Pencil is a lively romp through contested educational terrain, . . . at once a memoir, a series of . . . observations about American education based on experience, and a cri de coeur for change.”—Andrew J. Rotherham, New York Post