Professional Communities and the Work of High School Teaching
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: October 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780226500713
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Secondary schools; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; Educational Policy & Reform; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Secondary; Education / Philosophy & Social Aspects; General; Education, Secondary; Educational change; High school teaching; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: Reformers and educators may not find much to agree about on topics such as school vouchers, charters, reading and math approaches, accountability strategies, or standards-based reforms, but they do agree on one point: high school practice has been and continues to be profoundly resistant to change.