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The Future of the American School System
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Here, Irving H. Buchen projects the future of public education for the next 25 years. He identifies and examines the major drivers of change, profiles all the critical educational constituencies, and offers a number of common sense solutions to current and subsequent problems. Buchen also provides scenarios of solutions to prove that new approaches are doable and viable. The Future of the American School System will: Identify the major drivers of change, Profile the roles of the major players, Define and offer solutions to the major problems, Express those solutions in scenario form, Pinpoint the rallying points for collective action. This book will be of interest to teachers, administrators, professional staff, school board members, parents, departments and professors of education, and all elected officials.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Part One: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Chapter 3 1. The Record of the Past
Chapter 4 2. The Laws of the Future
Chapter 5 3. The System of Systems
Part 6 Part Two: Teachers as Major Players
Chapter 7 4. Hiring Teachers
Chapter 8 5. The Teacher Culture
Chapter 9 6. The Economics of Education 101
Chapter 10 7. Money and Teachers
Chapter 11 8. Teachers and Technology
Part 12 Part Three: Educational Administrators as Major Players
Chapter 13 9. Leadership Expectations and Job Descriptions
Chapter 14 10. Survival Skills for New Principals
Chapter 15 11. Principals as Instructional Leaders
Chapter 16 12. Models of Intergrative Leadership
Chapter 17 13. The Principal as Plato
Chapter 18 14. The Principal as CLO (Chief Learning Officer)
Chapter 19 15. The Principal as Broker
Chapter 20 16. The Principal as Outsourcer: Economically Driven School Reform
Part 21 Part Four: Parents as Major Players
Chapter 22 17. Parents and Educational Change
Chapter 23 18. Teacher-Parent Partnerships
Part 24 Part Five: Students as Major Players
Chapter 25 19. Parents and School Reform
Chapter 26 20. The Student-Centered Curriculum
Part 27 Part Six: Introduction to the Major Drivers of Change
Chapter 28 21. The Impact of the Global Economy on Education and Work
Chapter 29 22. Competition and School Choice
Chapter 30 23. Accountable Accountability: Curing the Cure
Chapter 31 24. Research-Based Learning
Chapter 32 25. Optimizing Curricula
Chapter 33 26. Turnaround: What Education Has to Offer Business
Chapter 34 27. Accountability and Role Change: Persuading Lone Rangers to Be Team Players
Chapter 35 28. The World Citizen: Facilitating a Future Global Identity for Students
Part 36 Part Seven: Teacher Scenarios
Chapter 37 29. A Major Change Takes Hold
Chapter 38 30. "Who Is in Charge?"
Chapter 39 31. The Teacher Leadership Collaborative: A Structural Scenario
Chapter 40 32. TMs (Technology Managers)
Chapter 41 33. The Future May Be in the Past: Creating a Universal Curriculum
Part 42 Part Eight: Administrator Scenarios
Chapter 43 34. The Principal and Strategic Conversations
Chapter 44 35. The MBA Principal
Chapter 45 36. Principals as Futurists
Part 46 Part Nine: Parent Scenarios
Chapter 47 37. The Coffee Network
Chapter 48 38. The Educational Planning Network
Chapter 49 39. Electronic Partnerships
Part 50 Part Ten: Student Scenarios
Chapter 51 40. Tiny Tot Independent Learning
Chapter 52 41. K-16
Chapter 53 42. Small Is Better
Part 54 Part Eleven: Solution Summaries
Chapter 55 43. Open-Ended Conclusions
Part 56 References
Part 57 About the Author
Product details
| Published | Jul 27 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 344 |
| ISBN | 9781578861354 |
| Imprint | R&L Education |
| Dimensions | 226 x 170 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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