Rescuing the public schools : what it will take to leave no child behind / Evans Clinchy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clinchy, Evans.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

ix, 133 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2006]

Summary:

What would a truly democratic, functional, and educationally productive system look like? How did we arrive at our current system? How can an informed public work to reshape the system equitably? How can educators partner with their broader communities? In this provocative book, renowned expert Evans Clinchy shows how we can revitalize American public education and build a new system that will serve all children, rich and poor, foreign or native-born. Everyone who cares about public education should read this inspiring book.

Contents:

Introduction: "The School as a Means of Education" 1

1 Adventures in the Education Trade 4

2 Two Additional Great Educational Experiences 12

3 An All-Too-Brief Creative Advance into Novelty 19

4 The Creation of Two Incompatible Educational Processes 49

5 Development as the Aim of Education 76

6 Reinventing the System 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807747643

9780807747636

0807747645

0807747637

OCLC:

77011515