Jossey-Bass Reader on School Reform

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• Introduction (L. Iura). Part One: Perspectives on Reform. The Educational Situation (J. Dewey). Progress or Regress (D. Tyack & L. Cuban). Reformers, Radicals, and Romantics (D. Ravitch). Part Two: Milestones. Opinion of the Court, Brown v. Board of Education (U.S. SupremeCourt). Soviet Education Far Ahead of U.S. (B. Fine). Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I: HelpingDisadvantaged Children Meet High Standards--Part A: Improving BasicGrants Operated by School Districts. Opinion of the Court, Lau v. Nichols (U.S. Supreme Court). A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (NationalCommission on Excellence in Education). America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages! Executive Summary(National Center on Education and the Economy). Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance--A SCANS Reportfor America 2000, Executive (Summary Secretary's Commission onAchieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Department of Labor). Goals 2000 Legislation: Increasing Student Achievement ThroughState and Local Initiatives: Introduction (U.S. Department ofEducation). Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): Overviewand Key Findings Across Grade Levels (National Center for EducationStatistics). What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future, Executive Summary(National Commission on Teaching and America's Future). Part Three: Reform as Response to Social Diversity and StudentNeeds. Discussion of School Funding (J. Kozol). Bilingual Education: The Controversy (R. Rothstein). The Full-Service Vision: Responding to Critical Needs (J.Dryfoos). Part Four: Reform as Restructuring the Governance and Organizationof Schooling. Better Schools Through New Institutions: Giving Americans Choice(J. Chubb & T. Moe). Incentives: Linking Resources, Performance, and Accountability (E.Hanushek). The Birth of a Movement (J. Nathan). Following the Plan (L. Olson). Assessing District Capability (P. Schlechty). A Mixed Record for Reconstitution Flashes a Yellow Light forDistricts (C. Hendrie). Personalizing Middle Schools (N. Ames & E. Miller). Part Five: Reform Through Standards, Curriculum, Pedagogy, andAssessment. Thinking About Education in a Different Way (D. Berliner & B.Biddle). One Hundred Fifty Years of Testing (R. Rothman). With 2000 Looming, Chances of Meeting National Goals Iffy (D.Hoff). A Revolution in One Classroom: The Case of Mrs. Oublier (D.Cohen). Setting High Standards for Everyone (M. Tucker & J.Codding). What If We Ended Social Promotion? (R. Hauser). Nineteen Postulates (J. Goodlad). Prologue from Horace's Compromise (T. Sizer). The Culture of Resistance (R. Evans).