The education system is broken : strategies to rebuilding hope, lives, and futures / Cathy S. Tooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tooley, Cathy S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Teacher participation in administration--United States.

Teacher participation in administration.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

xii, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

The Education System is Broken: Strategies to Rebuilding Hope, Lives, and Futures looks at Our educational system as it currently works and to evaluate not only why this system is broken, but also how we might move forward, together, to fix it. So, how do we fix our failing schools? We begin by finally taking the educator out from behind the desk and bring them to the table to share in the decisions and solutions regarding what is happening in our schools. It is time to part the curtains on our public school system and show you the villains, the heroes, the talented, and the not so talented. It is time to give you a behind the scenes view of our educational stage. Book jacket.

Contents:

Curtain #1 Politics in Education on a Larger Scale 1

Curtain #2 Politics in Education on a Local Level 5

Curtain #3 Administrators on the "Fast Track" 9

Curtain #4 The Role of Our Administrators is Confusing 15

Curtain #5 The Political Reality of Administration 19

Curtain #6 The School Board "Experience" 25

Curtain #7 The "Power" of the School Board 31

Curtain #8 What is Really Happening in Our Schools Today? 37

Curtain #9 Teachers and Their "Training" 43

Curtain #10 Professional Development for Our Teachers 53

Curtain #11 Teaching is All About the Heart 59

Curtain #12 We Must Measure Our Teachers 63

Curtain #13 There Are "Bad" Teachers 73

Curtain #14 How We Measure "Bad" Teachers 75

Curtain #15 Even "Bad" Teachers Are Members of Our Communities 77

Curtain #16 The "Untouchables" 81

Curtain #17 Why Are "Bad" Teachers Not Getting Fired? 85

Curtain #18 The Spinning, Cracking, and Overwhelmed Teacher's Plates 93

Curtain #19 We Do Not Value Our Teachers 103

Curtain #20 Testing Was Pure at the Heart 111

Curtain #21 The What, the Who, and the How of State Assessments 115

Curtain #22 More What and the How of State Assessments 131

Curtain #23 We Test Students to Death 139

Curtain #24 A Parent Can Make or Break a School System 143

Curtain #25 Discipline at Schools Has Gotten Out of Hand 149

Curtain #26 Together, There Are Steps to Fix the Parent versus School Crisis 159

Curtain #27 The Most Important Voices Are Not Being Heard 171.

ISBN:

9781475827385

1475827385

9781475827392

1475827393

OCLC:

930683451