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Discusses the influence of schools and teachers on students, considering the messages teenagers receive from educators who are not prepared or buildings that are in poor condition; and explores the power of good schools to reinvigorate public life.

"Do Schools Prepare Students for a Global Economy?: Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates, a quick grounding in the issues, and a challenge to critical thinking skills"--.

Discusses the need to return to an educational system that focuses on creating a unified culture, rather than continuing the current trend toward consumership and separatism.

Theodore Sizer first raised the call to arms for school reform in 1984 in his best-selling book Horace's Compromise. Now, America's leading educational reformer returns once again to Franklin High, Horace Smith, and the cast of fictitious characters who dramatize the dynamics of school reform in this inspiring blueprint for positive change.

The author, using the persona of fictional high school teacher Horace Smith, offers meditations on what has been learned from serious efforts at school reform in the late twentieth century.

Presents eighteen essays from 1999 to 2003 by educational critic Alfie Kohn, in which he argues that standardized tests, grading, praise, and emphasis on achievement have negative effects and discusses alternatives as well as the study of education, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and school shootings.