Catalysts for Change - Baby Boomers Reflect on Their Legacy to Public Education

Catalyst for Change contains reflections of veteran educators who write about the evolution, successes and challenges, and lessons they've faced for current educators to tackle current educational challenges.

List of contents

Introduction: The Boomer Legacy to Education by Frances Spielhagen
Chapter 1: Urban Education: Big City vs. Small City by Marsha Sobel
Chapter 2: The Sleeping Giant is Awake by Peggy Stewart and Katherine Bassett
Chapter 3: A 60 Year Journey: A Separate and Rocky Educational Road by Lois Baldwin
Chapter 4: An Evolving Understanding of the Autism Spectrum: A Practitioner's Journey by Joanne McMahon
Chapter 5: Changing Policy: Changing Student Outcomes by Frances Spielhagen
Chapter 6: Gifted Education and Talent Development: Roots and Wings by Sally Reis
Chapter 7: From First Generation Student to College President by Steven DiSalvo
Chapter 8: Teacher Education Accreditation: Reflections on the Kennedy-Johnson Legacy of Institutional Reform by James G. Cibulka
Chapter 9: Standing on Their Shoulders: Contextual Change to Our Educational System in the 21st Century by Paige Hendricks
About the Editors
About the Authors

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Edited by Frances R. Spielhagen and Paige Hendricks

Product details

• Authors: Frances R. (EDT)/ Hendricks Spielhagen, Frances R. Hendricks Spielhagen
• Assisted by: Paige Hendricks (Editor), Frances R. Spielhagen (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2024
• EAN: 9781475863987
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6398-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, Education, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Decision theory: general