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By addressing the current issues that contemporary school systems face -- including teacher unions, school reforms, the U.S. Department of Education, technology, NCLB, teachers under scrutiny, teacher tenure, boosting parent engagement, failing schools, and the realities of what works and what doesn't in the charter school realm -- Rebuilding Schools for Students: Let the Change Begin serves to promote change by taking risks and achieving results.
List of contents
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1
Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Our Story Continues
Chapter 2
Schools in Crisis
Chapter 3
School Reform: Misplaced Optimism
Chapter 4
What's Up With Teacher Bashing?
Chapter 5
Parents: Our Missing Link
Chapter 6
The US Department of Education: To Be or Not to Be?
Chapter 7
Teachers' Unions: The Problem or the Answer?
Chapter 8
Technology: Will Technology Advance Learning or Prove a Distraction?
Chapter 9
Charter Schools: Are Some Born to Fail?
Chapter 10
Finding Common Ground: Voters Want to Hear More About Education
Chapter 11
From Failure to Success: An Offer We Can't Refuse
Chapter 12
Rebuilding American Education by Taking Risks and Achieving Results
References
About the author
Dr. Darlene Leiding is an expert in the realm of charter schools and alternative education and has created an elementary and high school alternative program. She is the former K-12 Principal at Oh Day Aki (Heart of the Earth Charter School) and though recently retired continues working with inner city students of color.
