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Letters to a young education reformer
- Title
- Letters to a young education reformer / Frederick M. Hess.
- Author
- Hess, Frederick M.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-3629 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 168 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The book is in the form of a series of letters to a young education reformer, offering insights of various aspects of reform. --
- Series Statement
- Educational innovations series
- Uniform Title
- Educational innovations.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159).
- Contents
- Preface -- Of "big-r" and "little-r" school reform -- Talkers and doers -- The value in talking with those who disagree -- The limits of policy -- Why you shouldn't put too much faith in experts -- A letter to a younger me -- The handshake between families and schools -- The thing about data -- The temptations of bureaucracy -- What research can really tell us -- The common core's uncommon travails -- The false promise of court-driven reform -- The real promise of school choice -- Getting technology right -- Philanthropy and its discontents -- Beware the media glare -- Of school reform left and right -- What parenthood taught me about school reform -- Why history matters -- Finding your way -- The perils of passion -- A few final thoughts.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3629
- ISBN
- 9781682530221
- 1682530221
- 9781682530238
- 168253023X
- LCCN
- 2016054207
- OCLC
- YBP 2016054207
- Author
- Hess, Frederick M., author.
- Title
- Letters to a young education reformer / Frederick M. Hess.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Educational innovations seriesEducational innovations.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159).
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3629