"An inspiring new vision for America's public schools from one of the nation's top educators" American fourth graders score twelfth in the world in math skills, after Latvia and Hungary. Our eighth graders are fifteenth, below Malaysia and Slovakia. And by the time they're fifteen years old, our students have slipped off the map--to twenty-fourth place internationally. If these stats don't make you angry or ashamed or plain sad, then at the very least...
Dr. Crew's book is a fantasy of my deepest desires. Heartfelt, from someone whom has been in the trenches for 14 years, his strategy is not only common-sense he builds a path which could lead to America's salvation. My personal credo is "We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children.--Native American Wisdom" Dr. Crew seems to be one of the few in a position of authority, committed...
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Rudy Crew's book is filled with dreams of how to get others to work for success. If it were not for his emphasis on a federal view of education instead of a state's rights view of education, it would rate five stars.
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"Only Connect" is a must read and highly recommended. It is thought-provoking, insightful, and very informative. For parents, it underlines the important role they have in their children's education. For anyone who is concerned about the plight of American education, "Only Connect" lays out a plan for ensuring that all children graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary to compete in a global economy. What's truly...
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This book is a very readable mix of the experiences of an accomplished educator, a well-raised son, and a father with whom any parent could empathize. Rudy Crew gives a solid accounting of what ails public schools and gives us a prescription that will work if only we have the courage to follow it -- all of us, not just some of us. He takes a commendable big view, extolling things like arts education and civic awareness and...
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I teach at Stanford Business School and have had the privilege of having Rudy Crew come to my class. This book is like hearing him speak. It is filled with passion and compassion, with facts, common sense ideas, and the remarkable insights of a gifted teacher, administrator, and leader. It speaks not just to issues of schools and education but to concerns that matter to society, to social justice, to philanthropy, to politics...
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