Can Schools Survive?: Questions to Ask, Actions to Take

Keen Babbage

doi:10.5771/9781475808681

Summary

Can Schools Survive? raises essential questions about the current status of schools and about the future of schools. The book explores vital questions to answer and considers actions to take so schools can begin to thrive. This book will raise the issue of the purpose of a school and the related issue of whether schools are being asked to do tasks which compete with or complicate the fundamental purpose of a school.

This book is interactive and encourages the reader to answer challenging questions, analyze trends in education, and envision the most desired future of schools. The text can help educators and other people concerned about education concentrate on what matters most and on what works best.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2014
Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0867-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0868-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 257
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: Real Progress versus Do No Harm versus Make Matters Worse No access Pages 5 - 40
Chapter 2: Educators and Educrats No access Pages 41 - 72
Chapter 3: Real Improvement versus Failed Reform No access Pages 73 - 102
Chapter 4: PD: Professional Development or Pointless Distractions No access Pages 103 - 128
Chapter 5: Teachers: Listen to Them and Let Them Teach No access Pages 129 - 158
Chapter 6: School Administrators: Aggressively Listen and Then Lead Based on Awareness No access Pages 159 - 182
Chapter 7: Individualizing Achievement Gaps No access Pages 183 - 202
Chapter 8: The Future of School: A Place for Learning or a Multiservices Center No access Pages 203 - 236
Chapter 9: Future Fact or Future Fiction No access Pages 237 - 250
Epilogue: Survival Is Not Good Enough No access Pages 251 - 256
About the Author No access Pages 257 - 257