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Product Identifiers
PublisherTeacher's College Press
ISBN-10080773926X
ISBN-139780807739266
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038786616
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameSchool Reform Behind the Scenes
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, General, Aims & Objectives, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
TypeTextbook
AuthorEt Et Al., Joseph P. McDonald
Subject AreaEducation
SeriesThe Series on School Reform
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight8.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN99-017328
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal306.43/2
SynopsisThis ground-breaking volume provides a detailed glimpse of the individual workings of these influential organizations and, more importantly, how they combined efforts to uncover the craft of school reform what teachers, administrators, and staff developers actually do to provoke and support change., This is the story of how four large reform organizations in the USA came together to form a partnership known as ATLAS (Authentic Teaching, Learning, and Assessment). It provides a glimpse into the individual workings of these organizations and how they uncovered the craft of school reform., This ground-breaking volume provides a detailed glimpse of the individual workings of these influential organizations and, more importantly, how they combined efforts to uncover the craft of school reform, what teachers, administrators, and staff developers actually do to provoke and support change. Through personal interviews with Janet Whitla, James Comer, Howard Gardner, Theodore Sizer, and others, you will hear the voices of renowned reformers telling another side of the school reform story to complement the policy side. It's about networks of people working behind the scenes, working closely with teachers and schools over many years. This honest account, by reformers on the "inside," is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American school reform at the end of the twentieth century.