Making the Grade
Reinventing America's Schools
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:21st Feb '03
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This book provides a guide for a long-overdue public dialogue about why and how we need to reinvent our nation's schools. How has the world changed for our children; what do all students need to know in light of these changes; how do we hold students and schools accountable for results; what do good schools look like; and what must leaders do to create more of these schools? These are some of the questions that drive this book. The answers emerging to these questions may surprise many. The most successful public schools of the 21st century look a lot more like our 19th century village schools than our current factory model of schooling. This book describes these "new village schools" that have been created in the last decade and suggests that they are a prototype for the schools of the future.
"...offers a number of solutions that move the dialogue beyond tired debates." -- Publishers Weekly
"...a laudable template for restructuring education..." -- Kirkus Reviews
"With new ideas about school reform, Tony Wagner's Makingthe Grade is a 'must read' for educators and policy leaders who want to improve student and school performance. This book recognizes that our schools have historically spent far more time sorting kids than preparing them to succeed beyond the classroom. It confirms that standards-based reform - with its focus on standards, assessments and accountability - alone won't produce the results we want. We also need to restructure our schools and build their capacity to achieve higher-level learning. And Wagner has given us some valuable suggestions about how this can be done." -- Susan Tave Zelman, Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction
ISBN: 9780415927628
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 530g
186 pages