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A Fragile Enterprise

Yesterday's Schools and Tomorrow's Students
  • ISBN-13: 9781475846010
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Nancy Brigham
  • Price: AUD $90.99
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  • Local release date: 16/04/2019
  • Format: Hardback 182 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Research methods: general [GPS]
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A Fragile Enterprise recounts true stories from the front lines of the battlefield that U.S. public education has become in the struggle of the privileged few and the disenfranchised many, The stories tell how poor, minority, students with disabilities and non-English speaking students are short changed by schools that are not level playing fields, teachers who have ceased to care, and a system that seems willing to write off some students and their families as expendable. In A Fragile Enterprise you will learn about the national narrative of education from the viewpoint of students and their families: You will discover: *That despite the massive expenditure of public funds, large-scale national education improvement efforts have largely failed *That failing schools seldom have the resources and skills to implement the programs that are thrust upon them. *That the charter school solution leaves behind the students who need help the most. *How seldom families are involved in meaningful ways in the education of their children. *What the best teachers do and why they do it that way. The process of finding solutions must begin at the heart of the system, the unique, irreplaceable children we are privileged to educate.
Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Section One: Students and Families Chapter One: How Students Experience School Chapter Two: Addressing School Violence Through Student Connectedness Chapter Three: Jeremy: A Boy on a Tightrope Chapter Four: Family Connections: How Important? Section Two: Teachers and Instruction Chapter Five: The Best Teachers Chapter Six: Professional Development: Large Investment, Limited Results Chapter Seven: Angels of Special Education Chapter Eight: Who Destroyed Co-Teaching at Hanover Middle School? Chapter Nine: Adult Basic Education: A Program in the Shadows Section Three: Schools In Need Chapter Ten: Failing Schools, Faulty Solutions Chapter Eleven: How Useful are External Interventions? Section Four: Testing and Evaluation Chapter Twelve: The National Obsession with Testing Students Chapter Thirteen: Do it Yourself Evaluations Section Five: Summary and Conclusions Chapter 14: Conclusion Appendix: Tool Box
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