Transforming schools : alternative perspectives on school reform / edited by D. G. Mulcahy, Central Connecticut State University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mulcahy, D. G., editor.

Series:

Contemporary research in education.

Contemporary research in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Social justice--Study and teaching.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

President Obama has on a number of occasions rejected policies that have been tried and do not work. Legislation such as No Child Left Behind and policies such as Race to the Top are neither effective nor based on sound research. Educational policy-making is now, more than ever, the preserve of politicians, advocacy foundations, and lobbyists parading as corporate leaders. Teachers have little voice; their role is merely to be held responsible for policies foisted upon them.In Transforming Schools: Alternative Perspectives on School Reform, our aim is to provide alternative perspectives to the dead-end educational policies by which our governments have become consumed. We turn the spotlight on a select range of topics that have become the focus of concern and we consider the implications for school improvement. These topics include school reform in general, the achievement gap, literacy, standardized assessment, social justice and ecojustice, aesthetic and moral education, and general education.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1. Transforming schools: An Introduction / Ronnie Casella

Chapter 2. Making space for critical literacy and not just cultural literacy / Cara M. Mulcahy

Chapter 3. Methods and mindsets for creating eco-social community educators / James Joss French

Chapter 4. Addressing the root causes of the achievement gap / Jacob Werblow and Laura Longo

Chapter 5. Breaking the culture of silence in schools: Children's voices revealed through moral imagination / Barbara A. Clark

Chapter 6. Toward a more balanced assessment framework / Jesse P. Turner, John D. Foshay, and Ernest Pancsofar

Chapter 7. Authenticity and cooperation as pathways to school success / Kurt Love

Chapter 8. Social justice and district leadership in public schools: Guidelines for practice / Ellen Retelle and Mark Cohan

Chapter 9. Theory and praxis in general education / D. G. Mulcahy

About the contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-146-7