Dos & don'ts of education reform
Subtitle: toward a radical remedy for educational failure
By: Anthony M. Roselli
Series: Counterpoints -- v. 283; Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) -- v. 283
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Educational planning -- United States; Education -- United States -- Evaluation; Education -- Social aspects -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States
Other titles: Dos and don'ts of education reform
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Reform efforts across the nation : a synthesis; value: A close look at reform in one state : the Massachusetts experiment; value: Results reduced to numbers : the race to show achievement gains; value: Semantics of education reform : words and concepts devoid of meaning; value: Curriculum as knowledge : public vs. private significance; value: Instruction as theory : the wide gap between talking and walking; value: Assessment as nonsense : when art tries to double as science; value: A cultural study of success; value: From panaceas to multiple perspectives and prudent use of reinvention; value: Conclusion