Author: Cambridge (Mass.). School CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Author: Jack SchneiderPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620978121
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back In the “vigorous, well-informed” (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education. “Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and innovations” (Mike Rose), Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire lay bare the dogma of privatization and reveal how it fits into the current context of right-wing political movements. A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door “goes above and beyond the typical explanations” (SchoolPolicy.org), giving readers an up-close look at the policies—school vouchers, the war on teachers’ unions, tax credit scholarships, virtual schools, and more—driving the movement’s agenda. Called “well-researched, carefully argued, and alarming” by Library Journal, this smart, essential book has already incited a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational system—and many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking. “Just as with good sci-fi,” according to Jacobin, “the authors make a compelling case that, based on our current trajectory, a nightmare future is closer than we think.”
Report of the School Committee
Author: Cambridge (Mass.). School CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Reports of Proceedings ...
Author: Boston (Mass.). City CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Reports of Proceedings ...
Author: Reports and Communications
Author: Boston (Mass.). Finance CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Report of the Schoolhouse Commission Upon a General Plan for the Consolidation of Public Schools in the District of Columbia ...
Author: United States. Schoolhouse CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public schools
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Report of the Schoolhouse Commission Upon a General Plan for the Consolidation of Public Schools in the District of Columbia
Author: Etats-Unis. Senate. Congress. Schoolhouse commissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The One World Schoolhouse
Author: Salman KhanPublisher: Twelve
ISBN: 145550839X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly every conceivable subject; and Academy techniques are being employed with exciting results in a growing number of classrooms around the globe. Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning. In The One World Schoolhouse, Khan presents his radical vision for the future of education, as well as his own remarkable story, for the first time. In these pages, you will discover, among other things: How both students and teachers are being bound by a broken top-down model invented in Prussia two centuries ago Why technology will make classrooms more human and teachers more important How and why we can afford to pay educators the same as other professionals/DIV How we can bring creativity and true human interactivity back to learning/DIV Why we should be very optimistic about the future of learning. Parents and politicians routinely bemoan the state of our education system. Statistics suggest we've fallen behind the rest of the world in literacy, math, and sciences. With a shrewd reading of history, Khan explains how this crisis presented itself, and why a return to "mastery learning," abandoned in the twentieth century and ingeniously revived by tools like the Khan Academy, could offer the best opportunity to level the playing field, and to give all of our children a world-class education now. More than just a solution, The One World Schoolhouse serves as a call for free, universal, global education, and an explanation of how Khan's simple yet revolutionary thinking can help achieve this inspiring goal.
Reports, Appointments, Organizations and Communications
Author: Boston (Mass). Finance CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Reports: Appointments, organization and communications
Author: Massachusetts. Finance Commission of the City of BostonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description