| Description |
v, 280 pages : 23 cm |
| Note |
Papers presented at a conference held Feb. 4-5, 1993. |
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"A project combining the resources of Phi Delta Kappa, the Institute for Educational Leadership, and the Educational Excellence Network." |
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"Sixteen distinguished authorities assess the present and offer visions of the future, plus the report of a conference based on these assessments and their meaning for tomorrow." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jack Kosoy -- Part I. Background papers -- Strengths and weaknesses of American education / Michael W. Kirst -- American education : the good, the bad, and the task / Harold Hodgkinson -- American schools : good, bad, or indifferent? / Denis P. Doyle -- Mythology and the American system of education / David C. Berliner -- What's in? What's out? American education in the nineties / John Murphy -- American public education : the relevance of choice / Nathan Glazer -- From tinkering to true reform / Keith Geiger -- The task before us / Albert Shanker -- Quickening the pace : the need for faster improvement in public education / Ted Sanders -- Perfect policies and imperfect people : what happens when they collide? / Kati Haycock -- Keeping our promise to America's children : a standards-based vision for school reform / Pascal D. Forgione, Jr. -- A case study in systemic reconstruction : the struggle to transform the schools in Springfield, Massachusetts / Peter J. Negroni -- The butterfly effect - small changes with big consequences : challenges for public education / Sally B. Kilgore -- Reclaiming American Indian education / Norbert S. Hill, Jr. -- Revitalizing America's public schools through systemic change / Gene R. Carter -- Part II. The conference on the state of the nation's public schools. |
| Subject |
Public schools -- United States -- Congresses.
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Educational change -- United States -- Congresses.
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Education -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Elam, Stanley Munson.
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Phi Delta Kappa.
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Institute for Educational Leadership (Washington, D.C.)
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Educational Excellence Network.
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| ISBN |
0873674618 |
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