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The education system is broken : strategies to rebuilding hope, lives, and futures / / Cathy S. Tooley



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Autore: Tooley Cathy S. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The education system is broken : strategies to rebuilding hope, lives, and futures / / Cathy S. Tooley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
Disciplina: 370.973
Soggetto topico: Education and state - United States
School improvement programs - United States
Teacher participation in administration - United States
Educational change - United States
Public schools - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Preface; Introduction; Politics in Education on a Larger Scale; Politics in Education on a Local Level; Administrators on the "Fast Track"; The Role of Our Administrators is Confusing; The Political Reality of Administration; The School Board "Experience"; The "Power" of the School Board; What is Really Happening in Our Schools Today?; Teachers and Their "Training"; Professional Development for Our Teachers; Teaching is All About the Heart; We Must Measure Our Teachers; There Are "Bad" Teachers; How We Measure "Bad" Teachers; Even "Bad" Teachers Are Members of Our Communities
The "Untouchables"Why Are "Bad" Teachers Not Getting Fired?; The Spinning, Cracking, and Overwhelmed Teacher's Plates; We Do Not Value Our Teachers; Testing Was Pure at the Heart; The What, the Who, and the How of State Assessments; More What and the How of State Assessments; We Test Students to Death; A Parent Can Make or Break a School System; Discipline at Schools Has Gotten Out of Hand; Together, There Are Steps to Fix the Parent versus School Crisis; The Most Important Voices Are Not Being Heard; Conclusion
Sommario/riassunto: The intent of this book is to look at our educational system as it currently works and to evaluate not only why this system is broken, but also how we might move forward, together, to fix it.So, how do we fix our failing schools? We begin by finally taking the educator out from behind the desk and bring them to the table to share in the decisions and solutions regarding what is happening in our schools. It is time to part the curtains on our public school system and show you the villains, the heroes, the talented, and the not so talented. It is time to give you a behind the scenes view of our
Titolo autorizzato: The education system is broken  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4758-2740-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828683303321
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