Straitjacket: How Overregulation Stifles Creativity and Innovation in Education
How do we create schools that are hotbeds of creativity and innovation? George Goens and Phil Streifer have gone far beyond the surface rhetoric of school reform and have shown what truly motivates students and staff to think and learn and create. Let’s heed their call that our current educational trajectory is off course and squandering our potential. This is a critically important work for anyone passionate about the future of public education and our nation.(Mary Broderick, past president, National School Boards Association)George Goens and Phil Streifer emphasize the need to realign the role of the federal government in public education and increase decision-making authority on the local level. A push in this direction will foster independent thinking in school buildings, generating positive cultures of learning in our communities. This can only result in greater student outcomes in our classrooms.(Dan Domenech, Executive director, American Association of School Administrators)