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This book exhorts Americans from all walks of like to take control of the nation's degenerating public education system, noting that the system continues to lack accountability and quality control. (Education)
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The author exhorts Americans from all walks of life to take control of the degenerating public education system. Finn reasons that as long as most Americans suppose that the children who are educationally at risk belong to someone else, we are not going to alter our own behaviour or that of our children or our schools. He notes that the system continues to lack accountability and quality control, while the teaching profession remains divided between "fads" and "stodgy rituals". Finally, Finn calls on us to radically reform the education system, and demand that results be regulated through national standards, testing, curriculum, and enhanced responsibility for professional educators.
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- PublisherFree Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0029102766
- ISBN 13 9780029102763
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- Number of pages384
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. According to leading education analyst Chester Finn, a paradox lies at the heart of our educational trouble. While Americans commonly acknowledge that public schools in general are a disaster, polls consistently show that most parents, teachers, and administrators think their local schools and their own children are doing just fine. The implications of this self-congratulation are profound. For if people believe their own schools and children are succeeding, why should they feel compelled to change things? Yet, if we don't, we will continue to watch the destruction of a system that already lacks accountability and quality control, and is beset by a teaching profession compromised by bad ideas, fads, buck-passing, dubious theories, and stodgy practices. Fin proposes radical changes which he insists must be championed by all Americans if this atrophy is to be reversed. First and most importantly, he calls on us to reorganize education in relation to the results we want from it. This means establishing a clearcut standard of intellectual achievement that we will oblige all of our schools to enforce and our children to meet. To define this standard, we will need to rebuild instruction around, a national curriculum of core subjects - history, science, geography, math, literature and writing. And we must demand a more detailed flow of useful information, including reliable testing, about how our children are performing in relation to this standard. Finn calls on us to give our children as much time, as many options, and as broad an array of resources as possible. As he points out, learning can take place as easily in July as it does in march, as easily in a museum as it does in a classroom. And if parents have choices in deciding which schools and programs best fit the needs of students, they will have an added incentive in helping their children succeed. He urges us to revitalize the means of delivering education from the bottom up, by vesting as much authority as possible with educators in each individual school and holding them accountable for their performance. For Finn, the implementation of these radical measures is essential to produce not only a knowledgeable twenty-first century work force that will keep our nation competitive, but an informed and reasoning citizenry capable of participating fully in a democracy. Challenging and candid, this book will point the way for all those insisting on the best that our schools can offer. Synopsis coming soon. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780029102763
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