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Letters to a young education reformer /

The book is in the form of a series of letters to a young education reformer, offering insights of various aspects of reform. --

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Frederick M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]
Series:Educational innovations.
Subjects:
Educational change > United States.
Educational innovations > United States.
Education and state > United States.
School management and organization > United States.
Education and state.
Educational change.
Educational innovations.
School management and organization.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Of "big-r" and "little-r" school reform
  • Talkers and doers
  • The value in talking with those who disagree
  • The limits of policy
  • Why you shouldn't put too much faith in experts
  • A letter to a younger me
  • The handshake between families and schools
  • The thing about data
  • The temptations of bureaucracy
  • What research can really tell us
  • The common core's uncommon travails
  • The false promise of court-driven reform
  • The real promise of school choice
  • Getting technology right
  • Philanthropy and its discontents
  • Beware the media glare
  • Of school reform left and right
  • What parenthood taught me about school reform
  • Why history matters
  • Finding your way
  • The perils of passion
  • A few final thoughts.