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The state of the nation's public schools : a conference report

Title
The state of the nation's public schools : a conference report / Stanley Elam, editor.
Publication
Bloomington, Ind. : Phi Delta Kappa, ©1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Elam, Stanley Munson.
  • Phi Delta Kappa.
  • Institute for Educational Leadership (Washington, D.C.)
  • Educational Excellence Network.
Description
v, 280 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  • A group project of Phi Delta Kappa, the Institute for Educational Leadership & the Educational Excellence Network.
  • 16 authorities' commentary on present & future of U.S. public schools.
Subject
  • Public schools > United States > Congresses
  • Educational change > United States > Congresses
  • Education > United States > Evaluation > Congresses
  • Education > Evaluation
  • Educational change
  • Public schools
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • Papers presented at a conference held Feb. 4-5, 1993.
  • "A project combining the resources of Phi Delta Kappa, the Institute for Educational Leadership, and the Educational Excellence Network."
  • "Sixteen distinguished authorities assess the present and offer visions of the future, plus the report of a conference based on these assessments and their meaning for tomorrow."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Strengths and weaknesses of American education / Michael W. Kirst -- American education : the good, the bad, and the task / Harold Hodgkinson -- American schools : good, bad, or indifferent? / Denis P. Doyle -- Mythology and the American system of education / David C. Berliner -- What's in? What's out? American education in the nineties / John Murphy -- American public education : the relevance of choice / Nathan Glazer -- From tinkering to true reform / Keith Geiger -- The task before us / Albert Shanker -- Quickening the pace : the need for faster improvement in public education / Ted Sanders -- Perfect policies and imperfect people : what happens when they collide? / Kati Haycock -- Keeping our promise to America's children : a standards-based vision for school reform / Pascal D. Forgione, Jr. -- A case study in systemic reconstruction : the struggle to transform the schools in Springfield, Massachusetts / Peter J. Negroni -- The butterfly effect-small changes with big consequences : challenges for public education / Sally B. Kilgore -- Reclaiming American Indian education / Norbert S. Hill, Jr. -- Revitalizing America's public schools through systemic change / Gene R. Carter.
ISBN
  • 0873674618
  • 9780873674614
LCCN
93084746
OCLC
  • ocm28867269
  • 28867269
  • SCSB-8892055
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library