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The path to a larger life : creating Kentucky's educational future / a report of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.

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Format:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Physical Description:
1 online resource (176 p.)
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In the spring of 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court declared the state's entire system of common schools to be unconstitutional-an epochal decision that will have enormous impact on the future of the commonwealth and its citizens. In the wake of that decision, educational leaders, legislators, and concerned citizens struggle to define Kentucky's educational needs and to find the means to achieve them. The Path to a Larger Life, made up of recommendations from a volunteer citizens' organization, offers the most sweeping analysis of Kentucky's educational needs published in this century. Concentra
Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments and Contributors; Introduction; Chapter I-Teachers and the Teaching Profession; Classroom & School Conditions for Teaching; Continuing Professional Growth & Development; Professional Advancement & Evaluation; Teacher Education; Chapter II-Reconsidering Goals & Curriculum; School Goals; Curriculum; Reforming High School Learning; Extracurricular Activities and Athletics; School Flexibility & Incentives; Adult Illiteracy; Gifted and Talented Students; Chapter III-Leadership & Governance; Chapter IV-A New Commitment to Children & Youth
  • PreventionResponses; Chapter V-Indicators of Effective Schools; Chapter VI-Vocational & Community College Education; Chapter VII-Finance; Appendix A-Indicators of Effective Schools; Appendix B-Education Reforms: 1984-88; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes index.
  • Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8131-4892-8
OCLC:
645464126

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