John M. Tharp

Breaking the Cycle of Failed School Reform

What Five Failed Reforms Tell Us

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Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates how school reforms of the past 200 years share many common flaws. Based on an intensive three-year study of school reform in the United States, Breaking the Cycle of Failed School Reform analyzes and critiques the following historical reform movements: Lancastrian Plan, 1806; Age-graded Plan, 1848; Gary Plan, 1906; Trump Plan, 1959; School Development Plan, 1968; and Coalition of Essential Schools, 1984.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781578866922
• ISBN-10: 1578866928
• Artikelnr.: 23150382

Autorenporträt

By John M. Tharp

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 A Chronology of Past School Reforms Chapter 2 Profiling the
Failures of School Reforms Chapter 3 Autopsy Data From Past Reforms Chapter
4 Initiatives That May Break the Cycle of Failed Reforms Chapter 5 Glossary
Chapter 6 Appendix A: The Lancastrian Plan Chapter 7 Appendix B: The
Age-Graded Plan Chapter 8 Appendix C: The Gary Plan Chapter 9 Appendix D:
The Trump Plan Chapter 10 Appendix E: The Coalition of Essential Schools
Plan Chapter 11 Appendix F: The School Development Plan