U.S. Education is in Trouble, Let&#039;s Fix It!: 22 Reform Proposals

Richard W. Garrett

doi:10.5771/9781475872484

Summary

Changes to Improve Schools is a book about educational reform. Richard Garrett has spent ten years researching the U.S. K-12 system to find things in need of improvements. The book has 17 chapters that cover a wide range of topics such as the performance of American students, classroom discipline, and apprehensions younger graduates face when deciding to pursue educational fields.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-7246-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-7248-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 168
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Does the U.S. Have National Goals? No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 2 U.S. Students Are Not as Good as We Think No access Pages 5 - 13
Chapter 3 When Did Things Begin to Go Bad? No access Pages 14 - 19
Chapter 4 Teachers, the Vital Ingredient No access Pages 20 - 31
Chapter 5 220 Precious Minutes No access Pages 32 - 36
Chapter 6 Discipline Issues Are a Major Problem No access Pages 37 - 60
Chapter 7 The Success Equation for Children No access Pages 61 - 70
Chapter 8 How Should Schools Be Organized? No access Pages 71 - 78
Chapter 9 Learning to Read No access Pages 79 - 86
Chapter 10 When Should Formal Education Begin? No access Pages 87 - 92
Chapter 11 Who’s Going to Fix It? No access Pages 93 - 96
Chapter 12 The Threat of Lawsuits Weighs Heavy1 No access Pages 97 - 105
Chapter 13 Labor Unions No access Pages 106 - 114
Chapter 14 The Massachusetts Education Miracle and the Maryland Commission No access Pages 115 - 127
Chapter 15 Overhead, a Constant Threat No access Pages 128 - 131
Chapter 16 National Impact No access Pages 132 - 135
Chapter 17 What Changes Must Be Made to Reform the System? No access Pages 136 - 148
Appendix No access Pages 149 - 156
Index No access Pages 157 - 166
About the Author No access Pages 167 - 168