Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do about the Real Crisis in Public EducationCarl D. Glickman Teachers College Press, 2004 - 272 páginas This stellar collection of more than 30 letters speaks to the heart of public education, the future of American students, and the need for an educated and engaged citizenry. Contributors include students, parents, teachers, prominent educators, and public leaders who write to our next president in an honest and direct way about the dangerous shortcomings of current state and federal policies. The letters provide provocative answers to critical questions such as:7What kind of education do we want for all of our children?7What changes must we make to achieve that goal?7How do we ensure that the voices of parents, teachers, students, and citizens who care deeply about public education are heard at local, state, and national levels?This timely volume provides a strong response to government intrusions that have resulted in thousands of pages of under-funded requirements for local schools and districts. It offers practical and just solutions for guaranteeing higher standards, real equity, and more responsible local control; for attracting and retaining good teachers; for improved school choice and the promise of small schools; for universal high-quality early childhood education and a rich, academically sound and engaging curriculum-including service learning-for all students. |
Índice
JOURNEY TO A NEW LIFE | 9 |
HELPING ME TO RAISE MY HAND | 14 |
CREATING SCHOOLS WE CAN TRUST | 18 |
IF WE HAD THE WILL TO SEE IT HAPPEN | 27 |
GETTING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES RIGHT | 35 |
ITS PAST TIME TO FUND WHAT WE MANDATE | 43 |
FINANCING AMERICAS FUTURE HOW MONEY COUNTS | 47 |
WHY WE NEED PUBLIC EDUCATION | 54 |
THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE DO | 134 |
REVOLVING DOORS AND LEAKY BUCKETS | 141 |
STANDARDS FOR ALL | 149 |
CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF CLASSROOMS | 151 |
WHAT MY STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW | 158 |
THE NOWIN ACCOUNTABILITY GAME | 166 |
GOING BEYOND THE SLOGANS AND RHETORIC | 174 |
AND EQUAL EDUCATION FOR ALL | 184 |
LEARNING FOR ALL | 61 |
BROKEN ROADS AND THE GREAT MOTHER EARTH | 63 |
IN STRUGGLE AND HOPE | 70 |
EIGHT MILLION VOICES | 77 |
HOW OUR HIGH SCHOOL MAKES A DIFFERENCE | 85 |
PUTTING THE ARTS BACK IN AMERICAS ABCs | 94 |
WHEN DOES 100 EQUAL 700? | 100 |
WHAT THEY DO WITH THE OTHER 73 PERCENT OF THEIR TIME | 106 |
TEACHING FOR ALL | 111 |
MY STUDENTS MY SCHOOL | 113 |
TEACHING DARIUS TO DREAM | 120 |
WHY WE STAY | 127 |
A PRESIDENT THAT GETS IT | 193 |
EDUCATION FOR ALL | 199 |
THE CIVIC MISSION OF SCHOOLS | 201 |
WHAT WE ALL WANT FOR EACH OF OUR CHILDREN | 207 |
POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA | 211 |
LEARNING TO COME ALIVE | 223 |
VOICES CLOSEST TO THE ONES WE LOVE | 228 |
A NATION OF LEARNERS | 233 |
SCHOOLS THAT WORK FOR ALL CHILDREN | 239 |
IF WE ARE NOT FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE WE FOR? | 255 |
ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS | 261 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 6 - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree.
Página 1 - Of all the civil rights for which the world has struggled and fought for 5,000 years, the right to learn is undoubtedly the most fundamental .... The freedom to learn . . . has been bought by bitter sacrifice.
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