Against school reform (and in praise of great teaching) / Peter S. Temes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Temes, Peter S., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

United States.

Teachers--United States.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

220 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : I.R. Dee, 2002.

Summary:

Peter Temes sets out a straightforward prescription for our schools that centers on the life of the individual teacher and rejects the billion-dollar school reform industry. He argues that enormous monies and millions of hours of effort have gone into reforming American schools in the past ten years, and we have precious little to show for it. In Mr. Temes's view, great teachers are the secret to making better schools. Forget the macro issues of school reform, he advises, and focus on recruiting, retaining, and supporting the very best teachers. Teaching will once again become an elite profession, and school problems will go the way of the trolley car. "Against School Reformdigs deep into the qualities of great teaching, with stories from real schools and with practical advice for parents, teachers, and students who want to celebrate and support great teachers.

Contents:

1 The State of Our Schools, and the Big Lie of School Reform 13

2 Keeping It Real: Education and Dialogue 53

3 Making It New: Education as Experiment 83

4 Recruiting and Retaining the Right Teachers 107

5 Why Lasting Change Always Comes from the Bottom Up and the Inside Out 139

6 How to Make Change

Some Do's and Don'ts for Teachers, Administrators, and Parents 161

7 Everyone's Work 201.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1566634814

OCLC:

49626569