Improvement By Design - The Promise of Better Schools

One of the challenges facing education reformers in the US is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nation's notoriously fragmented and politically conflicted school systems. This book offers guidance for state and local school systems as they attempt to respond to future reform proposals.

About the author

David K. Cohen is the John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Education and professor of education policy at the University of Michigan as well as visiting professor of education at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, most recently "Teaching and Its Predicaments." He lives in Chelsea, Michigan, and Somerville, Massachusetts. Donald J. Peurach is assistant professor of educational studies in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. He is the author of "Seeing Complexity in Public Education." He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Joshua L. Glazer is visiting associate professor of education administration at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University. He lives in Washington, DC. Karen Gates was a senior area specialist in the study of instructional improvement at the University of Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Simona Goldin is a research specialist at TeachingWorks and a lecturer in the School of Education, both at the University of Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Summary

One of the challenges facing education reformers in the US is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nation's notoriously fragmented and politically conflicted school systems. This book offers guidance for state and local school systems as they attempt to respond to future reform proposals.

Product details

• Authors: David K. Cohen, David K. Peurach Cohen, Cohen David K., Karen E. Gates, Gates Karen E., Joshua L. Glazer, Glazer Joshua L., Simona Goldin, Goldin Simona, Donald J. Peurach, Peurach Donald J.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2013
• EAN: 9780226089249
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08924-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Schulen und Vorschulen, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General