Professor's book lands on "Choice" magazine's list of outstanding titles

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A book written by Dr. Robert Slater, a professor of education at the 欧美三级片, has been included among Choice 尘补驳补锄颈苍别鈥檚 list of Outstanding Academic Titles.

Choice, which is published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, reviews academic books. The 尘补驳补锄颈苍别鈥檚 Outstanding Titles list was released recently, and reflects books it reviewed in 2014.

Slater鈥檚 book is titled 鈥淭he Values of American Teachers: How Teachers' Values Help Stabilize Unsteady Democracy.鈥 Head shot of Dr. Robert SlaterRowman and Littlefield Education published it in 2013.

The book delves into the subject of federal- and state-led education reform efforts that led to teachers being evaluated on their ability to increase students鈥 standardized test scores. Slater argues that while significant, such assessments aren鈥檛 the only or the most important indicator by which teachers should be judged.

The author writes that while 鈥渢eachers may add value when they enable students to increase their performance on standardized tests鈥(a)n equally if not more important value added is their contribution to the stabilization of unsteady democracy.鈥

Teachers, according to Slater, 鈥渉elp steady modern democracy by teaching children the limits of liberty and by cultivating the social virtues鈥pon which civil society depends.鈥

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