War Against Excellence - The Rising Tide of Mediocrity in America''s Middle Schools

Informationen zum Autor By Cheri Pierson Yecke - Foreword by Bill Bennett Klappentext The War against Excellence provides a chronology of the middle school movement, including its shift away from academics, and proposes solutions to this rising tide of mediocrity. Zusammenfassung The War against Excellence provides a chronology of the middle school movement! including its shift away from academics! and proposes solutions to this rising tide of mediocrity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Foreword by William J. Bennett Part 2 Preface Part 3 Prologue Chapter 4 1. Introduction Chapter 5 2. The Growth of the Middle School Movement Chapter 6 3. Middle School Curriculum Chapter 7 4. Ability Grouping Chapter 8 5. Cooperative Learning Chapter 9 6. Peer Tutoring Chapter 10 7. Analysis of Beliefs and Driving Convictions Chapter 11 8. Activist Implementation Chapter 12 9. Ethical Considerations Chapter 13 10. Implications for the Twenty-First Century Part 14 Appendices Part 15 Selected Bibliography Part 16 Index

Product details

• Authors: Bill Bennett, Cheri Pierson Yecke, Cheri Pierson/ Bennett Yecke
• Assisted by: Bill Bennett (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2005
• EAN: 9781578862276
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-227-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Education, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Curriculum planning & development, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary