Includes chapters on the following: Going deeper and wider in the quest for success--Schooling and family in the postmodern world--Equity lessons from detracking schools--Students' perspectives on school improvement--Teachers, time, and school reform--Failing schools or failing systems?--Setting goals in turbulent times--Rethinking assessment and accountability--Collaborative action research for educational change--Networks, reform, and the professional development of teachers--Emotion and hope: contructive concepts for complex times.
The third book in the "What's Worth Fighting For?" trilogy, arguing that strong, open, and interactive connections must be forged with communities in order to bring about significant improvements in teaching and learning within the schools.
Includes chapters on the following: Going deeper and wider in the quest for success--Schooling and family in the postmodern world--Equity lessons from detracking schools--Students' perspectives on school improvement--Teachers, time, and school reform--Failing schools or failing systems?--Setting goals in turbulent times--Rethinking assessment and accountability--Collaborative action research for educational change--Networks, reform, and the professional development of teachers--Emotion and hope: contructive concepts for complex times.
