THE  NIGHTMARE  THAT  IS  PUBLIC  EDUCATION (Includes FREE bookmark!)
(An Exposé of What Really Happens in Public Schools)
By  Renato  C.  Nicolai,  Ed.D.

Reality:
Public education is a nightmare!   Incompetence and mediocrity haunt public middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools.  Teachers waste valuable classroom instructional time every day, and their teaching methods are grossly ineffective.  Knowledge of subject matter is alarmingly inadequate.  Parents don’t really know what happens in public school classrooms.  They have been hoodwinked by educators to believe that their children are receiving a good education, but they are not, as substantiated by national and international assessments.

Content:
The Nightmare That Is Public Education proves this reality with real classroom examples, lived public school experiences, and the revelation of what public education is really like, based upon the author’s thirty-eight year career in public education.  Dr. Nicolai writes about every aspect of this scary reality by sharing his personal experiences about the following:
•    The inferior quality of public school teaching and teachers
•    The ineffective management of student discipline
•    The dreadful physical condition of many classrooms
•    The lack of knowing how to teach standards
•    The abominable waste of instructional time
•    The substitute teaching charade and disgrace
•    The culture of permissiveness, reticence, and mediocrity
•    The deception of “Teacher In-Service Days,” “Professionalism,”
“Teacher Evaluations,” and “Computer Assisted Instruction.”
Although the title of his book is rather negative and includes the bad news of how broken our public schools are, let me assure you that every chapter is filled with positive suggestions, ideas, strategies, lists, questions, charts, methods, and recommendations about how to improve the system.  Believe me, every teacher, teacher candidate, parent, and school administrator should read this book because it is brimming with essential advice and invaluable tips from an educator who knows what works and how children learn effectively.