Seeing complexity in public education : problems, possibilities, and success for all / Donald J. Peurach.
In a period of unprecedented pressure to reform education in the United States, two questions stand out: What is involved in the work of transforming underperforming schools into higher performing schools? And what makes this work so difficult? 'Seeing Complexity in Public Education' exami...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2011]
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| Summary: | In a period of unprecedented pressure to reform education in the United States, two questions stand out: What is involved in the work of transforming underperforming schools into higher performing schools? And what makes this work so difficult? 'Seeing Complexity in Public Education' examines these questions in light of the history of the Success for All Foundation, an organization that has collaborated with thousands of elementary schools across the US to enact a common design for comprehensive school reform. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 296 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199736537 9780199736539 |