School System Reform
How and Why is a Price-less Tale
Published on 20. February 2020
294 pages
978-1-64559-963-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book identifies root causes of persistently disappointing classroom outcomes, identifies the policy root causes of the classroom causes of Nation at Risk, persistently low school system performance, and then lays out a strategy for identifying the key elements of a high-performing school system, and then achieving their implementation. A discussion forum for each chapter is at www.schoolsystemreformstudies.net
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One
- A School System Reform Focus
- Chapter Two
- The School System Transformation Imperative
- Chapter Three
- Roots of Low-Performance Persistence
- Chapter Four
- Guideposts for Transformational Reform
- Chapter Five
- Improving the Federal Role as Part of a Transformation, Perhaps by Largely Ending That Role
- Chapter Six
- A Dynamic Customization/Matching Process
- Chapter Seven
- Central Plan Optimization
- Chapter Eight
- The Appropriate Public-Private Subsidy Mix
- Chapter Nine
- Equity Issues
- Chapter Ten
- Don't Be an Intellectual Prisoner of the Status Quo
- Chapter Eleven
- Critical Questions and Debilitating Fallacies
- Chapter Twelve
- System Design Issues to Address through Research
- Chapter Thirteen
- Assessing Competition
- Chapter Fourteen
- Winning Desirable Reforms-Transformation Transition Issues
- Chapter Fifteen
- Putting the Pieces Together
- Reference List
- Index
- About the Author
