Changing American Education: Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future?

Changing American Education: Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future?
ISBN-10
0791497151
ISBN-13
9780791497159
Category
Education
Pages
448
Language
English
Published
1994-04-12
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Authors
Kathryn M. Borman, Nancy P. Greenman

Description

School change and educational reform are discussed constantly by the media. Despite a decade of frenzied interest, there is little consensus on the most fundamental issues. The terminology of school reform remains unclear, obscured by ideological rhetoric. What is meant by terms such as "school restructuring," "site-based management," and "teacher education reform?" This book examines social changes affecting education; amplifies case studies of school change; and analyzes the gap between the rhetoric and reality of educational reform. Changing American Education examines both the nature of comprehensive, large-scale historical and social changes that contextualize educational reform, and amplifies the meaning of lessons learned by those who have assisted in change efforts. The authors draw upon rich case material that documents the possibilities and hazards awaiting those who undertake reform of educational practice and structures. They also examine how the rhetoric of educational change may fall short of the reality, as translated to processes and practices at different levels of the enterprise.

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