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The Jossey-Bass Reader on School Reform
Contributor(s): Jossey-Bass Publishers (Author)

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 ISBN: 0787955248     ISBN-13: 9780787955243
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
OUR PRICE: $40.85  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 2001
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Annotation: This volume offers a definitive collection of articles, book excerpts, and seminal reports on educational reform and its many challenges. From the student teacher interested in educational policy to the new school board member dedicated to school improvement, this distinctive reader is for anyone who cares about innovation and change in the nation's schools. It contains selected commission reports and other public documents that signal important shifts in the policy arena. Expert contributors share enduring insights and research on critical reform topics. In key sections, they debate controversial issues such as school choice, desegregation, bilingual education, school finance, and student needs, offering diverse policy perspectives and giving readers a rich and seasoned view of the reform landscape. In other sections, they focus on issues of school governance and organization and examine how reforms in teaching, testing, curriculum, and standards are changing classrooms, schools, and the profession of teaching. Grounded in scholarship and filled with wisdom, The Jossey-Bass Reader on School Reform is a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of educational change and what we can do to make reform lasting and meaningful.

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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety
- Education | History
- Education | Leadership
Dewey: 370.973
LCCN: 00011528
Series: Jossey-Bass Education
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.75 lbs) 552 pages
Features: Ikids
 
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From the student teacher interested in educational policy to thenew school board member dedicated to school improvement, thisdistinctive reader is for anyone who cares about innovation andchange in the nation's schools. The Jossey-Bass Readers on SchoolReform offers a definitive collection of articles, book excerpts, and seminal reports on educational reform and its many challenges.

Containing selected commission reports and other public documentsthat signal important shifts in the policy arena, you'll listen inas expert contributors debate controversial issues such as schoolchoice, desegregation, bilingual education, school finance, andstudent needs, offering diverse policy perspectives and givingreaders a rich and seasoned view of the reform landscape. You'llalso gain insight into issues of school governance and organizationand examine how reforms in teaching, testing, curriculum, andstandards are changing classrooms, schools, and the profession ofteaching. Grounded in scholarship and filled with wisdom, TheJossey-Bass Reader on School Reform is a comprehensive introductionto the complexities of educational change and what we can do tomake reform lasting and meaningful.
 
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