The Jossey-Bass reader on school reform
School reform
The Jossey-Bass education series
Jossey-Bass education series.
Perspectives on reform. The Educational situation / Progress or regress? / Reformers, Radicals, and Romantics / Milestones. Opinion of the court, Brown v. Board of Education / Soviet education far ahead of U.S. / Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I : helping disadvantaged children meet high standards --Part A : Improving basic grants operated by school districts -- Opinion of the court : Lau v. Nichols / A nation at risk : the imperative for educational reform / America's choice : high skills or low wages! Executive summary / Learning a living : a blueprint for high performance- a SCANS report for America 2000, Executive Summary / Goals 2000 legislation : increasing student achievement through state and local initiatives introduction / Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) : overview and key findings across grade levels / What matters most : teaching for America's future, executive summary / Reform as response to social diversity and student needs. Discussion of school funding / Bilingual education : the controversy / The full service vision : responding to critical needs / Reform as restructuring the governance and organization of schooling. Better schools through new institutions : giving Americans choice / Incentives : linking resources, performance, and accountability / The birth of a movement / Following the plan / Assessing district capability / A mixed record for reconstitution flashes a yellow light for districts / Personalizing middle schools / Reform through standards, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. Thinking about education in a different way / One hundred fifty years of testing / With 2000 looming, chances of meeting national goals iffy / A revolution in one classroom : the case of Mrs. Oublier / Setting high standards for everyone / Nineteen postulates / Prologue from Horace's Compromise / The culture of resistance
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Lesley Iura -- John Dewey -- David Tyack, Larry Cuban -- Diane Ravitch -- U.S. Supreme Court -- Ben Fine -- U.S. Supreme Court -- National Commission on Excellence in Education -- National Center on Education and the Economy -- Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor -- U.S. Department of Education -- National Center for Education Statistics -- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future -- Jonathan Kozol -- Richard Rothstein -- Joy G. Dryfoos -- John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe -- Eric A. Hanushek -- Joe Nathan -- Lynn Olson -- Phillip C. Schlechty -- Caroline Hendrie -- Nancy L. Ames, Edward Miller -- David C. Berliner, Bruce J. Biddle -- Robert Rothman -- David J. Hoff -- David K. Cohen -- Mark S. Tucker, Judy B. Codding -- What if we ended social promotion? / Robert M. Hauser -- John I. Goodlad -- Theodore R. Sizer -- Robert Evans.
introduction by Lesley Iura.
