How Do We Get the Graduates We Want?
A View from the Firing Lines
Published on 28. February 1992
Book
Hardback
168 pages
978-0-275-94272-4 (ISBN)
Description
We have heard from scholars, policymakers, and business leaders about how to improve our schools, but those who actually work in K-12 education rarely have a chance to speak out. This volume addresses that imbalance by providing the views of teachers and administrators who have been recognized for exemplary contributions to their profession. The ideas presented in this book originated at a conference held in March 1991, where keynote addresses were presented by former Secretary of Education William Bennett and Harvard professor Arthur Levine on the topic What do we want our graduates to be like?. Following are reactions to this question from four state superintendents and from teachers. Then there are a series of chapters that focus on different approaches to preparing students for their futures: moral and ethical development; meeting the needs of diverse student populations; attracting, preparing, and retaining high-quality teachers; school structure and restructuring; assessing effective school processes; and business or university collaborations with schools.
Instead of abstract or theoretical solutions, this valuable book emphasizes practical approaches with proven results.
Instead of abstract or theoretical solutions, this valuable book emphasizes practical approaches with proven results.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
423 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94272-4 (9780275942724)
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Persons
LEWIS C. SOLMON is president of the Milken Institute for Job and Capital Formation in Los Angeles. Prior to this he was Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Author of two dozen books and monographs, he has written on teacher testing programs, foreign students, demographics of higher education, and education and economic growth. He was the co-editor with Sol Cohen of From the Campus: Perspectives on the School Reform Movement.
KATHERINE NOURI HUGHES is communications director of the Foundations of the Milken Families. She was previously an officer at the strategic communications firm of Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery in New York City, and served at the American University in Cairo.
KATHERINE NOURI HUGHES is communications director of the Foundations of the Milken Families. She was previously an officer at the strategic communications firm of Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery in New York City, and served at the American University in Cairo.
Content
Preface by Lowell Milken Introduction by Lewis C. Solmon What Do We Want Our Graduates to Be Like? The Graduates We Want: Who They Are and How We Get Them by Arthur Levine What Do We Want Our Graduates to Be Like? by William J. Bennett Keynoters and Award Recipients: An Open Exchange Superintendents' Views: What Do We Want Our Graduates to Be Like? by Eve Bither, Henry Marockie, Eugene Paslov, and Charles Toguchi Practitioners' Views: Who Do We Want Our Graduates to Be? by Katherine Nouri Hughes How Do We Get the Graduates We Want? The Moral Development of Our Nation's Children: The Role of the Public School by Nancy Magnusson Fagan Meeting the Needs of Diverse Student Populations by Allen A. Mori Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining High-Quality Teachers by Carolyn L. Ellner How Should Our Schools Be Structured? A View from the Top of the Bottom of the Heap by Guilbert C. Hentschke How Do We Assess Effective School Processes? by Harry Handler Business and University Collaboration with the Schools by Lewis C. Solmon and Cheryl L. Fagnano Additional Ideas on How to Get the Graduates We Want by Lewis C. Solmon Bibliography Index Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award Recipients 1987-1990