Nancy Brigham

A Fragile Enterprise (eBook, PDF)

Yesterday's Schools and Tomorrow's Students

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Fragile Enterprise recounts true stories the front lines of the struggle between the entitled few and the marginalized many in America's public schools. In this book, you'll learn about the national narrative of education from the viewpoint of students and their families. You'll discover: That despite the massive expenditure of public funds, large-scale national education improvement efforts have largely failedThat failing schools seldom have the resources and skills to implement the programs that are thrust upon them.That the charter school solution leaves behind the students who need help the most.How seldom families are involved in meaningful ways in the education of their children.What the best teachers do and why they do it that way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216319887
• Artikelnr.: 74844023

Autorenporträt

Nancy Brigham has been engaged in education research and program evaluations for 35 years. A Fragile Enterprise is based on thousands of interviews, hundreds of classroom observations and first-hand experience in failing schools that strive to serve struggling students.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Section One: Students and
Families Chapter One: How Students Experience School Chapter Two:
Addressing School Violence Through Student Connectedness Chapter Three:
Jeremy: A Boy on a Tightrope Chapter Four: Family Connections: How
Important? Section Two: Teachers and Instruction Chapter Five: The Best
Teachers Chapter Six: Professional Development: Large Investment, Limited
Results Chapter Seven: Angels of Special Education Chapter Eight: Who
Destroyed Co-Teaching at Hanover Middle School? Chapter Nine: Adult Basic
Education: A Program in the Shadows Section Three: Schools In Need Chapter
Ten: Failing Schools, Faulty Solutions Chapter Eleven: How Useful are
External Interventions? Section Four: Testing and Evaluation Chapter
Twelve: The National Obsession with Testing Students Chapter Thirteen: Do
it Yourself Evaluations Section Five: Summary and Conclusions Chapter 14:
Conclusion Appendix: Tool Box