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

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 poli...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Transforming schools: An Introduction / Ronnie Casella
• Chapter 2. Making space for critical literacy and not just cultural literacy / Cara M. Mulcahy
• Chapter 3. Methods and mindsets for creating eco-social community educators / James Joss French
• Chapter 4. Addressing the root causes of the achievement gap / Jacob Werblow and Laura Longo
• Chapter 5. Breaking the culture of silence in schools: Children's voices revealed through moral imagination / Barbara A. Clark
• Chapter 6. Toward a more balanced assessment framework / Jesse P. Turner, John D. Foshay, and Ernest Pancsofar
• Chapter 7. Authenticity and cooperation as pathways to school success / Kurt Love
• Chapter 8. Social justice and district leadership in public schools: Guidelines for practice / Ellen Retelle and Mark Cohan
• Chapter 9. Theory and praxis in general education / D. G. Mulcahy
• About the contributors.