One of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform offers a comprehensive analysis of the charter school movements and presents a theory that will do for American schools what his New York Times" bestseller "Reinventing Government" did for public governance in 1992.
This book provides a guide for a long-overdue public dialogue about why and how we need to reinvent our nation's schools.
Reinventing Public Education shows how contracting would radically change the way we operate our schools, while keeping them public and accessible to all, and making them better able to meet standards of achievement and equity.
This is the landmark book about that program and the schools that have participated. Now is the time for action, and this book is about one thing only--solutions.
How Contracting Can Transform America's Schools Paul Hill, Lawrence C. Pierce, James W. Guthrie. Paul T. Hill is research professor in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and Director of the Joint ...
Discusses reform for public schools, criticizes their lack of change in a changing country, and answers questions such as, "What should all high school graduates know?" and "What should 'schools of the future' look like?"
The authors provide a thought-provoking vision of the new paradigm, including a new brain-based pedagogy, a new professional role for teachers, a new central role for technology, and even a new more empowered role for students and parents.
Another effort to scale up schools that are communities of commitment occurred in the early 1990s when Deborah Meier and Marsha Shelton Brevot secured private funding and school system support to develop several schools committed to the ...
Dramatically reframing the debate on education in America, Making the Grade shows why today's test-driven reforms will fail and points the way toward a system that benefits all students.
“ Yeah , I got seven of them , ” offered another boy . A few others began to share their self - recorded scores . “ We never said you had to pop anyone's balloon to win , ” said Mr. Rodriguez calmly . “ What ?
The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value of middle schools for our nation's ...