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The author explains why more money is not the answer, how monopoly union bargaining has damaged the schools, and how over-regulation has destroyed all hope of meaningful improvements. The author exposes the myth that teachers are overworked and underpaid, shows why it is almost impossible to fire incompetent teachers, and provides reasons why merit pay is not the answer. The author concludes that the only solution to the failing government schools is through the introduction of school choice without double taxation. This would put education back where it belongs - in the hands of the parents. The author cautions, however, that any plan that keeps the government in charge of choices is doomed to fail. The transition to choice will not be easy, because it will be met with the full fury of The Education Establishment. This book is available at www.authorhouse.com and www.amazon.com. The Deserved Collapse of Public Schools
Large segments of the American public school system have been failing for decades, and the pace of failure is accelerating - thanks largely to the entrenched education establishment and teacher unions. This book provides a panoramic view of these failures, as well as an analysis of the failed attempts to improve public education. The author brings to bear his extensive experiences within the government school system to expose how public education, for millions of students, has been a failure by every meaningful measure. Achievement as measured by test scores has been stagnant for years. The student dropout rate remains shockingly high. Many high school graduates are not prepared either for continuing education or meaningful employment. Hordes of unassimilated immigrants are clogging the education process for many of their classmates. Student misbehavior continues unabated. Millions of students desert the public schools yearly for home-schooling and other more valuable education experiences. All of the politically correct and conventional attempts to save the failing public schools have failed. Dumping more money on problems seems to create more problems. Federal "aid" has been unproductive and inserted the federal government further into public education without any constitutional authority. The constant increases in teacher salaries based on the universal "salary grid" have had no positive impact on student learning. Billions of dollars have been spent on reduction in class size with no benefit to education. The requirements for teacher certification have become more demanding, but with little benefit, if any, on student learning. School districts and schools have grown bigger in a futile attempt to improve education, causing more harm than good. While the public thinks that if a school is "accredited" it must be good, in reality, school accreditation is nothing more than certification of a failed system. After reading this encyclopedia of failed attempts to stop the collapse of public schools, one can only conclude that education should be given back to parents who can exercise market choices in the education of their children. This book is available at www.authorhouse.com and www.amazon.com. The Alliance Against Education Reform
This book is the author's third in a series of four books on school choice. It consists of two parts. The first part reveals how and why teacher unions have achieved a stranglehold over our public schools, stopping all changes they do not like. The author traces the growth of teacher unionism from the 1960's as they rapidly became a dominant force against change through the exercise of monopoly bargaining and hardball politics. Based on his extensive experience as a labor relations expert, Neal suggests what must be done to transfer power from the unions back to the parents. The second part of this book reveals how school administrators, school board members, state education officials, the federal government, colleges of education, and politicians have entered into a tacit agreement with the unions to resist any significant reform in elementary and secondary public education that threatens the status quo - especially if any changes allow for real freedom of school choice. The education bureaucracy is composed of hundreds of special interests and organizations that are deeply imbedded throughout the school system. They all share one common bond that makes their existence possible - the public schools. The public schools have become an enterprise where the adults associated with The Education Establishment benefit more than the students. The federal government has exacerbated an already bad situation by unconstitutionally interfering with the schools through stultifying regulations and bureaucratic inefficiencies. The author fairly concludes that the monopoly government schools are beyond repair - that the only answer is freedom of choice in education. This book is available at www.authorhouse.com and www.amazon.com. School Choice After the Collapse of Public Schools
This book is the fourth in a series of books by Richard G. Neal on choice in education - and it is a crowning indictment of monopolized compulsory government school attendance, otherwise known as "public education." A summary of the previous three books is located at the opening of this fourth book. In his current treatise, the author:
This book is available at www.authorhouse.com and www.amazon.com. Making Good Things Happen
Everyone negotiates daily at home and on the job in an attempt to reach agreements. Negotiating is a natural part of our lives. We often do it without actually thinking about it. But important occasions inevitably arise when we need to employ special negotiating skills, whether for personal or business purposes. That is when this book becomes invaluable. Making Good Things Happen contains over 300 strategies and tactics that comprise all of the fundamental principles of negotiations. As such, the book contains something for everyone, whether it is the resolution of a family problem, the purchase of a home, or the need to reach some business agreement. Whether you are selling your home or closing a business deal, this book is for you. Some of the important questions answered in Making Good Things Happen are:
This book will help you in Making Good Things Happen, through Negotiating for a Better Life. This book is available at www.authorhouse.com and www.amazon.com. |
