educational reform
Project CRISS
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler
With the current surge of interest in adolescent literacy and the focus on student achievement, teachers and administrators alike welcome the third edition of the Project CRISS training manual. This book places teaching students how to learn at the center of educational reform. It represents a gathering of expertise from researchers, teachers, and students. The authors have provided coherency and structure to the vast topic of content literacy. They talk teacher-to-teacher about ways to implement strategies in all aspects of reading, writing, and learning in content … More >>
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Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children
“Gender Gaps” is an update to “How Schools Shortchange Girls,” the report that drew national attention to the unequal treatment of girls in America’s schools. The AAUW sees how girls are faring after five years of educational reform, explores lingering problems, and shows why teachers need to address the different needs of girls and boys, rather than simply giving them an identical education. 10 charts, 10 tables…. More >>
Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children
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The Common Class: Egoism and the Attack On American Education
Few Americans would disagree that serious problems plague their country’s education system. But what is the real reason for this serious malady? According to author and long-time teacher Rick Tobin, the usual suspects-beleaguered teachers, overcrowded classrooms, lack of funds, etc.-aren’t to blame. Tobin believes that critics of the educational system have totally missed the point and that educational reform is aimed in the wrong direction. In his view, academic failure is the direct result of a loss of faith in American democracy. Current teaching objectives and the laws governing schools are failing to emphasize moral responsibility and personal accountability-fundamental aspects of the ethical framewo… More >>
The Common Class: Egoism and the Attack On American Education
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The New American High School
The reform movement is, more often than not, viewed as chaotic. What is meant by fundamental change in one school or district is seen as superficial somwewhere else. Even to would-be-advocates, what passes for reform is too frequently a fluidly changing river of differing goals, curricula, pedagogy and organization. With everyone pushing thier own vision of educational reform, no one has stopped to look at the “common ground.This book is designed for the leadership of reform at the high school, disrict, and state levels; for policymakers instrumental in these reforms; and to university faculty and graduate students in education. It will be a vaulable resource in courses on leadership, administratioin, policy, c… More >>
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The New Education: Progressive Education One Hundred Years Ago Today
Best known for his paean to self-sufficiency, Living the Good Life, which became a bestseller that Newsweek called “an underground bible for the city-weary,” Scott Nearing was also a high-profile public advocate for education reform at the start of the Progressive era. Lamenting that public schools had failed to keep up with societal changes, Nearing traveled the country during the early decades of the twentieth century, documenting schools that had abandoned a traditional authoritarian stance in favor of child-centered practice. Now, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the vignettes, interviews, and speculations on school restructuring, curriculum development, and educational reform that he offere… More >>
The New Education: Progressive Education One Hundred Years Ago Today
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