Randy K. Trani, Robert K. Irvine

Built to Fail

Structural Deficiencies and Student Failure

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that American schools are marked by fundamental structural deficiencies that get in the way of student achievement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781475808636
• ISBN-10: 1475808631
• Artikelnr.: 39612573

Autorenporträt

Dr. Randy K. Trani, past Oregon middle level principal of the year and high school principal of the year, currently works as the Superintendent of Corbett School District in Oregon. During his ten years at Corbett the school has been recognized as one of the top ten schools in the country multiple times by different national presses. He enjoys working with districts around the county who are interested in the Corbett model of education. Dr. Robert K. Irvine is a partner in the consulting firm PARC Resources and works with nonprofits, Indian Tribes and local governments. In addition, he is an adjunct instructor with Blue Mountain Community College and taught fourteen years for Eastern Oregon University's Distance Education Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Epigraph Preface Introduction 1.The Modern State of
Education in America 2. A False Promise OR The Siren Song of Choice 3. The
US vs. the World 4. The Educational Approaches of Other Nations 5.Great US
Schools - Breaking From the Grade Level & Comprehensive 6.Model
7.Examination of Minority Achievement 8.Today's Paradigm 9. Existing
Sociological Theoretical Framework 10. Empirical Data that Supports
Structural Deficiency Theory Or: I wonder if anyone will ever read this
dissertation stuff! 11. Structural Efficiency Theory 12, 14 and 15. A View
to A Kill: How to Slay Your Cerberus Appendix