This paper provides an overview of the course taken by the United States to improve its public education system in response to the issue of global competitiveness. The nation's attempts at reform of public schooling since 1983 are described, recommendations from the report "A Nation at Risk " are summarized, and teacher education reform within the broader context of reform is charted. Specific information is provided on what has happened in the Springfield, Massachusetts Public Schools and how reforms can take hold in transforming schools. It is suggested that for real change to take place, the place to look for change is at the school level and in the classroom. All reform must move toward making the school and the classroom...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
The era of reform has arrived at the doorstep and captured the full attention of schools across Amer...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
In the second decade of the 21st Century, there is an increasing awareness that the U.S. education s...
School turnaround policy has become prominent in American education discourse. Some federal initiati...
This article provides an overview of the short- and long-term action that is essential for effective...
Since 1983 when the National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk, schoo...
Creatively and rigorously blending historical research and contemporary data from various discipline...
The purpose of this document is to provide a context for the identification of issues that will be c...
Public schools are a principal force in the creation of a fabricated presentation of a “melting pot”...
This book takes the position that public schools can be saved if we can learn from history, discard ...
This book takes the position that public schools can be saved if we can learn from history, discard ...
This article restates the underlying rationale for the importance of high-quality K-12 public educat...
Educational systems are known to be difficult to transform. We need to better understand the reasons...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
The era of reform has arrived at the doorstep and captured the full attention of schools across Amer...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
In the second decade of the 21st Century, there is an increasing awareness that the U.S. education s...
School turnaround policy has become prominent in American education discourse. Some federal initiati...
This article provides an overview of the short- and long-term action that is essential for effective...
Since 1983 when the National Commission on Excellence in Education published A Nation at Risk, schoo...
Creatively and rigorously blending historical research and contemporary data from various discipline...
The purpose of this document is to provide a context for the identification of issues that will be c...
Public schools are a principal force in the creation of a fabricated presentation of a “melting pot”...
This book takes the position that public schools can be saved if we can learn from history, discard ...
This book takes the position that public schools can be saved if we can learn from history, discard ...
This article restates the underlying rationale for the importance of high-quality K-12 public educat...
Educational systems are known to be difficult to transform. We need to better understand the reasons...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...
The era of reform has arrived at the doorstep and captured the full attention of schools across Amer...
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global e...