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Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do about It

Ronald A Wolk

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Description:Why has successful school reform been so difficult to achieve, despite decades of well-intentioned efforts, endless rhetoric, and billions of dollars of investment? Why do most U.S. schools continue to produce disappointing results? Why is there such a disconnect between the schools we need and the schools we have?In this thoughtful and insightful book, Ronald A. Wolk tackles these questions head-on, identifying key assumptions that have shaped the debate on school reform for the past several decades, including the emphasis on standards and testing, calls for a longer school day and year, the push to enroll more students in advanced math classes, and the quest to place a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Backed by research and other evidence, he points out the flaws in each assumption, and then proposes alternative assumptions as the basis for new, innovative schools that would emphasize such elements as* Individualized instruction, with various pathways for learning;* Real-world contexts for learning;* Performance assessment;* A restructuring of public education to expand preschool; and* Transformation of the teachers' role from instructor to advisor.Acknowledging that the current system is too entrenched to accept radical reform, Wolk suggests incorporating his assumptions into a separate, parallel strategy for new schools. The result is a provocative proposal for teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, and others to consider as they contemplate the future of public education in the United States.Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do about It. To get started finding Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do about It, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 219

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: ASCD

Release: 2011

ISBN: 1416613048

Description: Why has successful school reform been so difficult to achieve, despite decades of well-intentioned efforts, endless rhetoric, and billions of dollars of investment? Why do most U.S. schools continue to produce disappointing results? Why is there such a disconnect between the schools we need and the schools we have?In this thoughtful and insightful book, Ronald A. Wolk tackles these questions head-on, identifying key assumptions that have shaped the debate on school reform for the past several decades, including the emphasis on standards and testing, calls for a longer school day and year, the push to enroll more students in advanced math classes, and the quest to place a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Backed by research and other evidence, he points out the flaws in each assumption, and then proposes alternative assumptions as the basis for new, innovative schools that would emphasize such elements as* Individualized instruction, with various pathways for learning;* Real-world contexts for learning;* Performance assessment;* A restructuring of public education to expand preschool; and* Transformation of the teachers' role from instructor to advisor.Acknowledging that the current system is too entrenched to accept radical reform, Wolk suggests incorporating his assumptions into a separate, parallel strategy for new schools. The result is a provocative proposal for teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, and others to consider as they contemplate the future of public education in the United States.Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do about It. To get started finding Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do about It, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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