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Wasting minds [electronic resource] : why our education system is failing and what we can do about it /

by Wolk, Ronald A; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, 2011Description: xi, 199 p. : port.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Educational change -- United States | Public schools -- United States | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
The "get tough" policy -- All standards for all students -- If it moves, test it -- Make them take algebra -- Wanted : great teachers -- The quest for the supreme leader -- The dropout epidemic -- Time for what? -- Never enough money -- Needed : a new strategy of new schools -- One student at a time -- Many pathways to success -- Life to text -- It's the work that counts -- Start them early -- A new role for teachers -- A matter of choice -- Schools for digital natives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "get tough" policy -- All standards for all students -- If it moves, test it -- Make them take algebra -- Wanted : great teachers -- The quest for the supreme leader -- The dropout epidemic -- Time for what? -- Never enough money -- Needed : a new strategy of new schools -- One student at a time -- Many pathways to success -- Life to text -- It's the work that counts -- Start them early -- A new role for teachers -- A matter of choice -- Schools for digital natives.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


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