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Choosing excellence : "good enough" schools are not good enough / John Merrow.
Van Pelt Library LB1025.3 .M49 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merrow, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teaching--Standards--United States.
- Teaching.
- Education--United States--Evaluation.
- Education.
- Teaching--Standards.
- United States.
- Evaluation.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- "Good enough" schools are not good enough
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- The host of PBS's premier documentary series on youth and learning, "The Merrow Report", delves into the problem of school evaluation and provides 25 ways to tell if your child's school makes the cut.
- Contents:
- 2 Look, Listen, and Ask 9
- 3 Testing, Assessment, and Excellence 27
- 4 Technology and Excellence 51
- 5 The "Rushed, Crunched, and Isolated" World of Teachers 73
- 6 Safety and Excellence 93
- 7 Homework and Home Learning 105
- 8 Our Kids Are Not the Problem 115
- 9 Values and Excellence 127
- 10 Charter Schools
- Buyer Beware 139
- 11 What's Special About Special Education? 159
- 12 "Don't Smile Until Christmas" and Other Cliches 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1578860148
- OCLC:
- 45207840
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