Publication Date: October 26, 2008
Pages: 176
For decades, practically every major initiative in American education (from top-down standards to the testing movement) has moved decision-making farther away from the school. Fighting against this trend throughout their careers, Deborah Meier, John Goodlad, James Comer, Ted Sizer, and Henry Levin have worked to give our schools back the ability to educate students in the broadest and richest traditions of activity, inquiry, and problem solving. Now these visionary educators have joined together to share personal stories of the challenges and triumphs they faced and their ideas of what education can and must be for every student. Serving as an inspirational call to action for those seeking to be more involved in the urgent and continuing efforts to restore America’s public schools, this book:
Carl Glickman is President of the Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy and former University Professor at The University of Georgia-Athens. He is also the editor of Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education, 2008 Election Edition.
“These five people are among the most talented writers to be found in the academy of education scholars and reformers today.”
—Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist
“An outstanding blueprint for educational change.”
—Wendy Puriefoy, Public Education Network
“This book is a treat and a gift.”
—John Merrow, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
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