| Description |
vi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Looking Upstream -- 1.The Storm Surge in Digital Education and Privatization -- 2.Faulty Assumptions -- How Market Models of Accountability Undercut the Potential of Digital Education -- pt. TWO Looking Downstream -- 3.The Promises and Challenges of Instructor-Driven Digital Courses -- 4.Commercial Spaces and Opportunities to Learn in a Digital School -- 5.Policy Context and Commercial Decisions in -- Digital Tutoring -- pt. THREE Shifting the Current -- 6.Changing the Dialogue -- Tools for Building Transparency and Accountability in Digital Education for Students in Low-Income Settings -- 7.Equal Scrutiny -- Digital Education and the Struggle for Equity, Quality, and Accountability -- Appendix: Research Notes on the Digital Education Cases |
| Summary |
"In the current rush to adopt and expand digital learning, many important considerations are being overlooked that will have major consequences for the future of American public education. As private education technology contractors and vendors move deeper into the work of public education, questions concerning the quality of the services, who is served, and who benefits need to be answered. Based on participatory research and other studies of three types of digital education--digital courses, blended learning, and online tutoring--Equal Scrutiny offers readers an inside view of what is really going on in the world of digital education and the uneven experiences of students, their parents, and teachers. The authors also offer critical questions that need to be asked in order to--in the authors' words--'ensure that technology adds value to the learning and lives of students and staff in public school communities.'"-- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index |
| Subject |
Computer-assisted instruction -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Computer-assisted instruction -- United States.
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Educational accountability -- United States.
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Privatization in education -- United States.
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| Author |
Good, Annalee G.
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| LC no. |
2013952617 |
| ISBN |
1612506844 |
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1612506852 |
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9781612506845 (paperback) |
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9781612506852 (library edition) |
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