Fragile Enterprise (eBook)

Yesterday's Schools and Tomorrow's Students

Nancy Brigham (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
182 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4603-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A Fragile Enterprise is a series of reports from the front lines of the struggle between the entitled few and the marginalized many in America’s public schools.

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A Fragile Enterprise recounts true stories the front lines of the struggle between the entitled few and the marginalized many in America's public schools. In this book, youll learn about the national narrative of education from the viewpoint of students and their families. Youll discover:That despite the massive expenditure of public funds, large-scale national education improvement efforts have largely failedThat failing schools seldom have the resources and skills to implement the programs that are thrust upon them.That the charter school solution leaves behind the students who need help the most.How seldom families are involved in meaningful ways in the education of their children.What the best teachers do and why they do it that way.

Autor

Nancy Brigham has been engaged in education research and program evaluations for 35 years. A Fragile Enterprise is based on thousands of interviews, hundreds of classroom observations and first-hand experience in failing schools that strive to serve struggling students.

Inhalt

DedicationPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionSection One: Students and FamiliesChapter One: How Students Experience SchoolChapter Two: Addressing School Violence Through Student ConnectednessChapter Three: Jeremy: A Boy on a TightropeChapter Four: Family Connections: How Important?Section Two: Teachers and InstructionChapter Five: The Best TeachersChapter Six: Professional Development: Large Investment, Limited ResultsChapter Seven: Angels of Special EducationChapter Eight: Who Destroyed Co-Teaching at Hanover Middle School?Chapter Nine: Adult Basic Education: A Program in the ShadowsSection Three: Schools In Need Chapter Ten: Failing Schools, Faulty SolutionsChapter Eleven: How Useful are External Interventions?Section Four: Testing and EvaluationChapter Twelve: The National Obsession with Testing StudentsChapter Thirteen: Do it Yourself EvaluationsSection Five: Summary and ConclusionsChapter 14: ConclusionAppendix: Tool Box

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Charter Schools • Evaluation Advice • Failing Schools • Great teachers • Minority • non-English speaking • outside education interventions • Public Education • Special education • Students with disabilities • Teacher role models
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-4603-7 / 1475846037
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-4603-4 / 9781475846034