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Guiding curriculum development : the need to return to local control / M. Scott Norton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norton, M. Scott, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curriculum planning--United States.
- Curriculum planning.
- School boards--United States--Decision making.
- School boards.
- Schools--Decentralization--United States.
- Schools.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
- Summary:
- Top-down mandates concerning the curriculum of the school leave no room for program creativity and program commitment.Yet principals and teachers are held accountable for student achievement results.Constitutionally, powers not granted to the United States are reserved to the States or to the people.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Curriculum's Missing Link
- Chapter 2: Foundations of Supervision and Curriculum Development in America
- Chapter 3: Teaching and Learning: Promoting Student Achievement
- Chapter 4: Determining Learning Standards
- Chapter 5: The School's Curriculum: Local, State, or Federal?
- Chapter 6: Supervision: Improving Classroom Teaching
- Chapter 7: Organizing for Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4758-2798-9
- OCLC:
- 952943121
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