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Secondary Education In The United States: What Can Others Learn From Our Mistakes?, John H. Bishop , Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop
Secondary Education In The United States: What Can Others Learn From Our Mistakes?, John H. Bishop , Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop
John H Bishop
Secondary schools are the least successful component of the U.S. education system. Students learn considerably less than in other industrialized nations and dropout rates are significantly higher. This paper provides an explanation for this failure, describes the standards based reforms strategies that many states are implementing to attack these problems, and evaluates the success of these efforts.
School Reform That Matters, Michael Johanek
School Reform That Matters, Michael Johanek
Michael C Johanek
A "loving critic" of the U.S., Dean Kishore Mahbubani at the National University of Singapore, suggests that "American society could ... fail if it does not force itself to conceive of failure." Our "first systemic failure," claims Mahbubani, is "groupthink." evident in our collective inability to challenge the "manifest nonsense" from financial sector officials years ago. Today, "the belief that American society allows every idea to be challenged has led Americans to assume that every idea is challenged. They have failed to notice when their minds have been enveloped in groupthink."[1] Might this apply to our ideas about school reform? …
Gold. History, Metallurgy, Culture, Fathi Habashi
Gold. History, Metallurgy, Culture, Fathi Habashi
Fathi Habashi
The Enduring Appeal Of Community Schools, Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, Michael C. Johanek, John Puckett
The Enduring Appeal Of Community Schools, Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, Michael C. Johanek, John Puckett
Michael C Johanek
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