02465nam 2200601 a 450 991046144150332120200520144314.01-283-11060-197866131106021-4166-1304-81-4166-1303-X1-4166-1301-3(CKB)2670000000092310(EBL)698913(OCoLC)727649292(SSID)ssj0000526486(PQKBManifestationID)11347333(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526486(PQKBWorkID)10520379(PQKB)10805146(MiAaPQ)EBC698913(Au-PeEL)EBL698913(CaPaEBR)ebr10471831(CaONFJC)MIL311060(EXLCZ)99267000000009231020101021d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWasting minds[electronic resource] why our education system is failing and what we can do about it /Ronald A. WolkAlexandria, Va. ASCD20111 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4166-1131-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Educational changeUnited StatesPublic schoolsUnited StatesElectronic books.Educational changePublic schools370.973Wolk Ronald A991068MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461441503321Wasting minds2267938UNINA