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Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The controversial author of "The Bell Curve" returns with a groundbreaking manifesto to transform American education. He presents the four simple truths that parents and educators should confront to precipitate change--that ability varies, that half of the children are below average, that too many people are going to college, and that America's future depends on how we educate the academically gifted. Real Education describes the technological and...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What School Could Be offers an inspiring vision of what our teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of developing the skills and ways of thinking needed to thrive in a world of dizzying technological change. Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to reimagine education to...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.
Series
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
This book explores politically charged topics through a series of essays by thinkers at the leading edge of educational innovation. It shows how failing schools destroy neighborhoods--not the reverse--and how research reveals that dedicated, attentive teachers are what help at-risk kids succeed. Inspired the film directed by "An Inconvenient Truth"'s Davis Guggenheim.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Tony Wagner and venture capitalist Ted Dintersmith call for a complete overhaul of the function and focus of American schools, sharing insights and stories from the front lines, including profiles of successful students, teachers, parents, and business leaders. [The book proposes] a new vision of American education, one that puts wonder, creativity, and initiative at the very heart of the learning process and prepares students for today's economy"--...
Language
English
Description
"this year's Geneva 2030 Community Report shares data that supports and informs our partners' programming. This report presents Geneva 2030's "cradle to career" commitment to the youth of Geneva, and, with your collaboration, we will continue to make a positive difference in the lives of all Geneva students." -- from page 4.