Cutting through the hype
Subtitle: the essential guide to school reform
By: Jane L. David and Larry Cuban
Contributors: Cuban, Larry
Edition: Rev., expanded, updated edition.
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781934742709; 9781934742716
Subjects: Educational change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: from hype to hope --; title: Standards-based reform --; title: Test-based accountability --; title: Closing the achievement gap --; title: Charter schools - parental choice at work --; title: Performance-based pay for teachers --; title: Putting urban mayors in charge --; title: New pathways to teaching --; title: Ending social promotion --; title: To track or not to track --; title: Creating small urban high schools --; title: Turnaround schools --; title: Reducing class size --; title: More time in school --; title: Scaling up best practices --; title: Principals as instructional leaders --; title: Learning to read - phonics revisited --; title: Reforming math teaching --; title: English language learning --; title: Redesigning professional development --; title: High-tech classrooms --; title: Data-driven instruction --; title: Real-world learning --; title: Bridging two worlds - response to intervention.