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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825742803321

Autore

Wolk Ronald A

Titolo

Wasting minds : why our education system is failing and what we can do about it / / Ronald A. Wolk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Va., : ASCD, 2011

Alexandria, Va. : , : ASCD, , 2011

ISBN

1-4166-1305-6

1-283-11060-1

9786613110602

1-4166-1304-8

1-4166-1303-X

1-4166-1301-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 199 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

370.973

Soggetti

Educational change - United States

Public schools - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The "get tough" policy -- All standards for all students -- If it moves, test it -- Make them take algebra -- Wanted : great teachers -- The quest for the supreme leader -- The dropout epidemic -- Time for what? -- Never enough money -- Needed : a new strategy of new schools -- One student at a time -- Many pathways to success -- Life to text -- It's the work that counts -- Start them early -- A new role for teachers -- A matter of choice -- Schools for digital natives.

Sommario/riassunto

The founding editor of Education Week and Teacher Magazine explains how the flawed assumptions that have shaped the debate on school reform for decades have hampered progress and proposes alternative assumptions as the basis for a whole new system of schooling.