Battling the student engagement front : fresh tactics in a tortured turnaround struggle / Justin A. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Justin A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States--Finance.

Public schools.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sought to explore whether school funding practices satisfy the equity and adequacy standards delineated by policymakers and judges, and demanded by the broader public. A funding formula myopia, the book argues, has left student engagement largely overlooked. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that vast funding enhancements have introduced disappointing outcomes results. The book argues the front of the classroom must become and remain the epicenter of reform activity: and that transforming instructional and engagement behaviors are effort-intensive endeavors that very li

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Grand Promises, Austere Means; Chapter Two. The Fairness of the Playing Field: Funding Equity and Adequacy; Chapter Three. Robe Policy Making; Chapter Four. Changing Schools through Changed Pedagogy; Chapter Five. Spare the Flying Cars; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61048-755-9