Frogs into princes : writings on school reform / Larry Cuban.

Author/creator Cuban, Larry
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMulticultural education series
Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.) ^A388710
Contents 1962 : teaching at Glenville -- 1969 : teacher and community. Necessary revisions in teacher education. A role problem : teacher or social worker? An assessment of the proposed training model -- 1984 : transforming the frog into a prince : effective schools research, policy, and practice at the district level. District policies. Implementation strategies. Unanticipated consequences -- 1989 : the "at-risk" label and the problem of urban school reform. Framing the problem. The case against the graded school. Past efforts to redesign schools. The difficulty of redesign. Incremental change -- 1990 : reforming again, again, and again. Classrooms : teacher-centered instruction. Curriculum : the academic and the practical. Centralizing and decentralizing authority. Why do reforms appear again and again? A rational explanation for recurring reforms. Value conflicts : a political perspective. Institutional perspective. Concluding comments -- 2001 : leadership for student learning : urban school leadership : different in kind and degree. Nationalizing education reform. Learning from the past. Reforming schools--the current agenda. Dispelling some urban myths. An initial agenda for action -- 1993 : introduction to How teachers taught. Reforming schools and classrooms. Explanations for constancy and change -- 2006 : reflections on two decades of computers in classrooms. Introduction. 1:1 computing. A final word -- 2007 : hugging the middle : teaching in an era of testing and accountability. How have teachers taught? How are teachers teaching? A follow-up study of How teachers taught. Making sense of conflicting evidence -- Reflections on urban school reform.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007045678
ISBN9780807748596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0807748595 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807748602 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807748609 (cloth : alk. paper)

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