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Harnessing the dynamics of public education : preparing for a return to greatness / Timothy B. Jones and David C. Barrett ; foreword by James A. Vornberg.
Van Pelt Library LA217.2 .J656 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Timothy B., author.
- Barrett, David C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public schools--United States.
- Public schools.
- United States.
- Education--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 131 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Preparing for a Return to Greatness is a comprehensive look at the American public education system. Building on the current system, the book takes on the War on Education in an effort to rethink, redesign and develop a new state-of-the-art system of learning that will regain international competiveness and be the "best choice" for parents in a growing system of choice. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Building a Naturally Great School 9
- 2 Fostering a New Mindset for the Future 25
- 3 The War on American Public Education 39
- 4 Comprehensive Accountability 53
- 5 Overcoming Pedagogical Paralysis 67
- 6 Authentic Leadership 85
- 7 The Price of Safety 99
- 8 The Return to Greatness 115.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781475808728
- 1475808720
- 9781475808735
- 1475808739
- OCLC:
- 919202170
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