Why is it so hard to get good schools?
By: Larry Cuban
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780807742945; 9780807742952
Subjects: Openbaar onderwijs; Öffentliche Schule; Enseignement; Kwaliteitsverbetering; Écoles publiques; Educational change; Public schools; Réforme; Schulreform
Description: After almost five decades of working in and around public schools, the author invites us to think along with him about why it is so hard to get good schools. He offers these reflections because his contact with tens of thousands of public school participants--teachers, policymakers, researchers, parents, and students--has convinced him that "I am not alone in coping with these thorny dilemmas ... as each of us muddlers toward the kinds of 'good' schooling that we seek for children."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-89) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why Have American Public Schools Become an Arm of the Economy? --; title: Business-Led School Reform --; title: Assessing Business-Inspired Reform --; title: Why Is It So Hard to Get More "Good" Schools? --; title: What Made These Schools "Good"? --; title: Why Has There Been a Cyclical Struggle of Ideas? --; title: How Do We Get More "Good" Schools? --; title: "Good" for What? --; title: "Good" for Whom? --; title: Redefining "Good" Schools --; title: Negotiating Durable Dilemmas.