Beyond the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N3A8D1F |
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| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A former editor at Business Week and U.S. She won a Nation Institute fellowship to study charter schools in New Orleans and she lives in New York City.. News & World Report, Andrea Gabor is the chair of business journalism at Baruch College and the author of three books, including the bestselling The Man Who Discovered Quality
Edwards Deming. In fact, the solutions borne by this philosophy are right here, all around us: in Brockton, Massachusetts, where the state’s once-failing largest high school now sends most graduates to college; in a group of low-income New York City schools where maverick principals have pioneered new curricula and flexible scheduling; and in Leander, Texas, where continuous school improvement is being spurred by the philosophy of quality guru W. . Offering a fresh take on the endless battles over school reform, in Beyond the Education Wars journalist, bestselling author, and business professor Andrea Gabor argues that despite being championed by the likes of Bill Gates and Eli Broad, the market-based changes and carrot-and-stick incentives informing today’s school reforms are out of sync with the nurturing culture that good schools foster—and at odds with the best practices of thriving twenty-first-century companies as well.Gabor instead makes the case for seeking solutions from those closest
About the AuthorA former editor at Business Week and U.S. She won a Nation Institute fellowship to study charter schools in New Orleans and she lives in New York City.. News & World Report, Andrea Gabor is the chair of business journalism at Baruch College and the author of three books, including the bestselling The Man Who Discovered Quality