Full Description
As we consider the current status of educational reform, it is clear that the United States lacks a clear vision as to how to improve our schools. In the recent past, we have been able to gain support for ideas such as the need for special education programs, free and reduced lunches, pre-school programs, and equal educational opportunities for both boys and girls. While programs such as these were possible because of a national consensus, our challenge today is to agree on the way to move forward. Although it is most obvious in our inability to act on No Child Left Behind, the failure to define a common vision is true of many other issues in the field of education. Without an agreed-upon vision which includes the support of those working in our schools, true reform will be extremely difficult. The purpose of this book is to help the reader understand our differences and to suggest a way that we can reach a consensus on education reform.
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgment
Introduction
1 Setting the Scene
2 No Child Left Behind: An Attempt at Consensus
3 The Positive Aspects of No Child Left Behind
4 The Criticisms of No Child Left Behind
5 The Obama Blueprint for Reform
6 The Long, Frustrating Struggle to Reauthorize
7 The Primary Season
8 The Waiver Program
9 The Election Campaign
10 Critics of the Current Educational Reform Initiative
11 Other Factors Affecting School Success
12 Other Countries as Models for Education Reform
13 The Problems of Higher Education
14 The Home Stretch of the Campaign
15 Reaching a Consensus
Index
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