Transforming schools : alternative perspectives on school reform

• Other Authors: Mulcahy, D. G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Series: Contemporary research in education.
• Subjects: School improvement programs > United States.; Educational change > United States.; Education > Social aspects.; Social justice > Study and teaching.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > Federal Legislation.; Educational strategies and policy.; Central, national, federal government policies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614141
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-146-6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations
• Item Description: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

President Obama has on a number of occasions rejected policies that have been tried and do not work. Legislation such as No Child Left Behind and policies such as Race to the Top are neither effective nor based on sound research. Educational policy-making is now, more than ever, the preserve of politicians, advocacy foundations, and lobbyists parading as corporate leaders. Teachers have little voice; their role is merely to be held responsible for policies foisted upon them.In Transforming Schools: Alternative Perspectives on School Reform, our aim is to provide alternative perspectives to the dead-end educational policies by which our governments have become consumed. We turn the spotlight on a select range of topics that have become the focus of concern and we consider the implications for school improvement. These topics include school reform in general, the achievement gap, literacy, standardized assessment, social justice and ecojustice, aesthetic and moral education, and general education.