03263nam 2200613Ia 450 991082769300332120240417034639.00-7914-8153-01-4237-9529-6(CKB)1000000000464964(OCoLC)70896565(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579142(SSID)ssj0000234708(PQKBManifestationID)11186778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234708(PQKBWorkID)10241458(PQKB)10403210(MiAaPQ)EBC3407719(MdBmJHUP)muse6429(Au-PeEL)EBL3407719(CaPaEBR)ebr10579142(DE-B1597)682997(DE-B1597)9780791481530(EXLCZ)99100000000046496420050721d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReforming schools[electronic resource] working within a progressive tradition during conservative times /Jesse Goodman ; foreword by Andrew Gitlin1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (171 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6795-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-140) and index.The times in which we work : the conservative restoration -- Creating a progressive educational organization : Harmony Education Center in its historical context -- The local politics of educational reform : issues of school autonomy -- Constructing a democratic foundation for school-based reform discourse -- Addressing the conservative agenda : discourses of school-based reform -- Conclusion : reflections from the field -- Notes.In Reforming Schools, Jesse Goodman discusses the possibilities, struggles, and complexities involved in reforming today's schools. Drawing from his own experiences at the Harmony Education Center—a progressive educational center he helped establish in 1990—Goodman offers a vision of how to persevere at a time when many progressive educators are feeling discouraged. He focuses on practical ideas for reform, such as establishing school autonomy; creating democratic structures, rituals, and values upon which school reform discourse can be generated; and by addressing the current conservative agenda, how to influence what happens in our nation's public schools. By situating school reform within a progressive history of Western society, the author offers valuable insights and ideas that are alternatives to both the conservative and the radical left analyses of schools and society.School improvement programsUnited StatesSchool management and organizationUnited StatesCurriculum changeUnited StatesSchool improvement programsSchool management and organizationCurriculum change371.2/00973Goodman Jesse1948-1687533MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827693003321Reforming schools4061091UNINA