Time for change
Subtitle: new visions for high school
By: edited by Robert W. Smith
Contributors: Smith, Robert W. 1954-
Series: Understanding education and policy
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781572736740; 9781572736757
Subjects: Education, Secondary -- United States; Educational change -- United States; High schools -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: The case for reform / Robert W. Smith; title: First things first : what it takes to make a difference / Adena M. Klem and James P. Connell; title: Modern red schoolhouse : building coherence and expectations / Sally B. Kilgore and Tim A. Gaddis; title: Using their minds well : a principled approach to school reform / JoAnne Dowd; title: Reforming the most troubled high schools : the talent development approach / James McPartland, Robert Balfanz, and Nettie Legters; title: The talent quest model : career development as supplemental education for low-income black students in middle and high schools / Velma Lapoint ... [et al.]; title: Foundations of a professional learning community / Peggy Silva; title: Early college : what and why? / Patricia Sharpe; title: Realizing the public promise of education : ensuring equity, rigor and personalization for each child in Maine / David Ruff; title: The possibility of significant and widespread reform of high school / Robert W. Smith