Permission to forget : and nine other root causes of America's frustration with education / Lee Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational evaluation--United States.

Educational evaluation.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Total quality management--United States.

Total quality management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

Tenth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : ASQ Quality Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes 10 decades of wasteful practices buried deep within U.S. schools. Today's educators did not invent these wasteful practices; they inherited them. Five of the root causes are wasting time and five are wasting student potential.Ten years ago the first edition of Permission to Forget was published, and now this landmark anniversary edition is available. Its legacy of improvement is report after report from educators describing what happens in schools when these root causes are removed. It should not go unnoticed that root cause removal is free, unlike legislated reforms. Think about it: free!But teachers, principals, and district superintendents must collaborate in order to remove these root causes. Teachers can not remove them by themselves. Principals can not remove them by themselves. Superintendents can not remove them by themselves. Only together can teams of educators lead the removal of these 10 wasteful practices and provide America the education it desires.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1 Permission to Forget

2 The Wrong Statistics

3 The Pendulum

4 Pressure versus Removing Barriers

5 Change after Change with No Improvement

6 The False Belief That Experience Is the Best Teacher

7 No Clear Aim

8 Poor Psychology

9 Too Much Refereeing, Not Enough Coaching

10 Teaching Is the Constant

Learning Is the Variable

11 Afterword

Appendix A What Is Root Cause Analysis?

Appendix B The Search for the Root Causes

Appendix C Key Science Concepts-Examples

Appendix D English Background Knowledge

Endnotes

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780873892988

0873892984

9780873898553

0873898559

OCLC:

923571348