02159oam 2200505 450 991078998540332120170523091600.01-4166-1305-61-283-11060-197866131106021-4166-1304-81-4166-1303-X1-4166-1301-3(OCoLC)729253215(MiFhGG)GVRL5WRR(EXLCZ)99267000000009231020101021d2011 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrWasting minds why our education system is failing and what we can do about it /Ronald A. WolkAlexandria, Va. ASCD2011Alexandria, Va. :ASCD,2011.1 online resource (xi, 199 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based on print version 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 StatesEducational changePublic schools370.973Wolk Ronald A1486719Wolk Ronald A.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910789985403321Wasting minds3706298UNINA