Jim Dueck

Being Fair with Kids

School Leaders Need to Assess the Potential Impact of Their Decisions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jim Dueck takes parental intuition and gives it scientific validation in this book that challenges the established status quo of the education system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781475855616
• ISBN-10: 1475855613
• Artikelnr.: 58020161

Autorenporträt

Jim Dueck served as a teacher, principal, superintendent and assistant deputy minister during his 40-year career. More than 50 countries sought his opinions about accountability and also played a key role in launching the U.S. Race to the Top Initiative and Common Core.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
CHAPTER 1: Fairness to Students
CHAPTER 2: Low Expectations Provide for Mediocre Education
CHAPTER 3: Birth Rather Than Worth Counts Too Much
CHAPTER 4: Relative-Age-Effect in Education
CHAPTER 5: The Annual, Single-Entry Date
CHAPTER 6: A Critical Decision Moment
CHAPTER 7:Grade Level of Achievement
CHAPTER 8: It Is What It Isn't
CHAPTER 9: Student Achievement by Birth Month
CHAPTER 10: Getting Older Doesn't Make It Go Away
CHAPTER 11: Education's Glass Ceiling
CHAPTER 12: Teacher Gender and Fairness to Boys
CHAPTER 13: Social Promotion
CHAPTER 14: Accommodating Our Best And Brightest
CHAPTER 15: A Global Perspective
CHAPTER 16: The Finland Solution: Less Is More
CHAPTER 17: New Zealand Solution
CHAPTER 18: Getting Down To 'Brass Tacks'
CHAPTER 19: Getting Practical
CHAPTER 20: Dual-Entry Is Not New
CHAPTER 21: Conclusion
References