{"product_id":"what-is-authentic-educational-reform","title":"What Is Authentic Educational Reform?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In response to the nationwide attacks on education in the name of educational reform packaged in No Child Left Behind, general analyses and local accounts of these attacks, as well as arguments on behalf of 'authentic educational reform' are badly needed.... This volume offers a useful combination of specific case studies, theory, and policy.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Gerald Coles, educational psychologist, US\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the compassionate conservative agenda for educational reform -- an agenda which seeks to improve American education through a business model focused on scripted lessons, lock-step approaches to teaching, high stakes-testing, and rigid accountability measures -- this book critiques the assumptions of this agenda, examines the problems that have riddled its implementation in schools, and suggests constructive alternatives. Educational theorists and researchers including Joel Spring, Sonia Nieto, Bill Ayers, and Susan Ohanian, classroom teachers, and parents, offer a mix of perspectives on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe social and political contexts of current educational reform initiatives;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe impact of the compassionate conservative agenda on educational policies and practices;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ways in which children and teachers are affected by this agenda and its policies; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eapproaches that hold out hope for implementing authentic education reform.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended for education professionals, students, and scholars, \u003cem\u003eWhat Is Authentic Educational Reform?\u003c\/em\u003e poses more questions than it answers, but taken together, these questions constitute a foundation for a more informed and thoughtful public conversation about how to refocus reform efforts in a direction that will truly strengthen American public education for all children and their families.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239594676568,"sku":"9780805860498","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780805860498.jpg?v=1777605334","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-is-authentic-educational-reform","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}