Making Change: Three Educators Join the Battle for Better Schools
Making Change provides an inside look at one of the most radical school reform initiatives that our nation has ever witnessed. In 1990, Kentucky took the unprecedented step of declaring its educational system "unconstitutional" and ratified the Kentucky Education Reform Act-creating a model of education reform considered the best in the land. But within a few short years, early optimism gave way to frustration and doubt. This book is an attempt to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0435081527
ISBN13:9780435081522
Release Date:February 1998
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:209 Pages
Weight:1.11 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:5 to 17 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 12
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Important book about the human side of large-scale change
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Kentucky schools have been under a national microscope since the state's passage of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act -- thought at the time to be the nation's most ambitious school reform law ever. Holly Holland's decision to examine the impact of reform through the eyes of three small-town educators -- a superintendent, a principal, and a teacher -- is inspired. A well-written, important book about the human impact of large-scale reform efforts.
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