04114nam 2200769Ia 450 991097460220332120200520144314.0978067426364206742636429780674030091067403009510.4159/9780674030091(CKB)1000000000786948(OCoLC)607655729(CaPaEBR)ebrary10314294(SSID)ssj0000483033(PQKBManifestationID)11325489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483033(PQKBWorkID)10529044(PQKB)10340276(SSID)ssj0000412969(PQKBManifestationID)12137322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412969(PQKBWorkID)10369289(PQKB)11291910(Au-PeEL)EBL3300282(CaPaEBR)ebr10314294(OCoLC)923110314(DE-B1597)584949(DE-B1597)9780674030091(OCoLC)1322125294(MiAaPQ)EBC3300282(Perlego)2597925(EXLCZ)99100000000078694820040602d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe blackboard and the bottom line why schools can't be businesses /Larry Cuban1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20041 online resource (264 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674025387 0674025385 9780674015234 0674015231 Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-242) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Business and School Reform -- 1 The Logic of the Reforms -- 2 How the Reforms Have Changed Schools -- 3 Why Schools Have Adopted the Reforms -- 4 Limits to Business Influence -- 5 Are Public Schools like Businesses? -- 6 Has Business Influence Improved Schools? -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index"Ford Motor Company would not have survived the competition had it not been for an emphasis on results. We must view education the same way," the U.S. Secretary of Education declared in 2003. But is he right? In this provocative new book, Larry Cuban takes aim at the alluring cliché that schools should be more businesslike, and shows that in its long history in business-minded America, no one has shown that a business model can be successfully applied to education. In this straight-talking book, one of the most distinguished scholars in education charts the Gilded Age beginnings of the influential view that American schools should be organized to meet the needs of American businesses, and run according to principles of cost-efficiency, bottom-line thinking, and customer satisfaction. Not only are schools by their nature not businesslike, Cuban argues, but the attempt to run them along business lines leads to dangerous over-standardization--of tests, and of goals for our children. Why should we think that there is such a thing as one best school? Is "college for all" achievable--or even desirable? Even if it were possible, do we really want schools to operate as bootcamps for a workforce? Cuban suggests that the best business-inspired improvement for American education would be more consistent and sustained on-the-job worker training, tailored for the job to be done, and business leaders' encouragement--and adoption--of an ethic of civic engagement and public service.Business and educationUnited StatesPublic schoolsUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesBusiness and educationPublic schoolsEducational change371.19/5Cuban Larry1807593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974602203321The blackboard and the bottom line4357409UNINA05040oam 22007334a 450 991095396920332120240416124334.09781575066592157506659910.1515/9781575066592(CKB)2550000000063687(EBL)3155634(OCoLC)922991913(SSID)ssj0000542240(PQKBManifestationID)12250190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542240(PQKBWorkID)10510282(PQKB)11453062(Au-PeEL)EBL3155634(CaPaEBR)ebr10513556(OCoLC)768411353(MdBmJHUP)musev2_79430(MiAaPQ)EBC3155634(DE-B1597)584116(OCoLC)1266227871(DE-B1597)9781575066592(Perlego)2034209(EXLCZ)99255000000006368720111003d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnearthing Jerusalem150 Years of Archaeological Research in the Holy City /edited by Katharina Galor and Gideon Avni1st ed.Winona Lake, Ind. :Eisenbrauns,2011.©2011.1 online resource (511 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781575062235 1575062232 Includes bibliographical references and index.Pt. 1. The history of research -- pt. 2. From early humans to the Iron Age -- pt. 3. The Roman Period -- pt. 4. The Byzantine Period -- pt. 5. The Early Islamic and Medieval Periods.On a cold winter morning in January of 1851, a small group of people approached the monumental façade of an ancient rock-cut burial cave located north of the Old City of Jerusalem. The team, consisting of two Europeans and a number of local workers, was led by Louis-Félicien Caignart de Saulcy-descendant of a noble Flemish family who later was to become a distinguished member of the French parliament. As an amateur archaeologist and a devout Catholic, de Saulcy was attracted to the Holy Land and Jerusalem in particular and was obsessed by his desire to uncover some tangible evidence for the city's glorious past. However, unlike numerous other European pilgrims, researchers and adventurers before him, de Saulcy was determined to expose the evidence by physically excavating ancient sites. His first object of investigation constitutes one of the most attractive and mysterious monumental burial caves within the vicinity of the Old City, from then onward to be referred to as the "Tomb of the Kings" (Kubur al-Muluk). By conducting an archaeological investigation, de Saulcy tried to prove that this complex represented no less than the monumental sepulcher of the biblical Davidic Dynasty. His brief exploration of the burial complex in 1851 led to the discovery of several ancient artifacts, including sizeable marble fragments of one or several sarcophagi. It would take him another 13 years to raise the funds for a more comprehensive investigation of the site. On November 17, 1863, de Saulcy returned to Jerusalem with a larger team to initiate what would later be referred to as the first archaeological excavation to be conducted in the city.-(from the "Preface")In 2006, some two dozen contemporary archaeologists and historians met at Brown University, in Providence RI, to present papers and illustrations marking the 150th anniversary of modern archaeological exploration of the Holy City. The papers from that conference are published here, presented in 5 major sections: (1) The History of Research, (2) From Early Humans to the Iron Age, (3) The Roman Period, (4) The Byzantine Period, and (5) The Early Islamic and Medieval Periods. The volume is heavily illustrated with materials from historical archives as well as from contemporary excavations. It provides a helpful and informative introduction to the history of the various national and religious organizations that have sponsored excavations in the Holy Land and Jerusalem in particular, as well as a summary of the current status of excavations in Jerusalem.Antiquities, PrehistoricJerusalemCongressesExcavations (Archaeology)West BankHistoryCongressesExcavations (Archaeology)JerusalemHistoryCongressesJerusalemAntiquities, ByzantineCongressesJerusalemAntiquities, RomanCongressesElectronic books. Antiquities, PrehistoricExcavations (Archaeology)HistoryExcavations (Archaeology)History956.94/42Avni Gideon635051Galor Katharina925933ProQuest (Firm)MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910953969203321Unearthing Jerusalem4364876UNINA