Why is it So Hard to Get Good Schools?
- ISBN-10
- 0807742945
- ISBN-13
- 9780807742945
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 97
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press
- Author
- Larry Cuban
Description
Providing a strong counter voice to today's standards-based reform, this book features powerful ideas on teacher education, curriculum, and school administration in an accessible lecture style by Larry Cuban, an experienced teacher, administrator, and acclaimed author. Based on Cuban's Julius and Rosa Sachs Lectures for 2001-2002, this volume is a must-read for everyone interested in improving our schools.
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