Improve Schools and Transform Education
In order for educational systems to change, we must reevaluate deep-seated beliefs about learning, teaching, schooling, and race that perpetuate inequitable opportunities and outcomes. Hatch, Corson, and Gerth van den Berg challenge the narrative when it comes to the grammar of schooling --or the conventional structures, practices, and beliefs that define educational experiences for so many children to cast a new vision of what school could be.
The book addresses current systemic problems and solutions as it:
Highlights global examples of successful school change Describes strategies that improve educational opportunities and performance Explores promising approaches in developing new learning opportunities Outlines conditions for supporting wide-scale educational improvement
This provocative book approaches education reform by highlighting what works, while also demonstrating what can be accomplished if we redefine conventional schools. We can make the schools we have more efficient, more effective, and more equitable, all while creating powerful opportunities to support all aspects of students development.
"You won t find a better book on system change in education than this one. We learn why schools don t change; how they can improve; what it takes to change a system; and, in the final analysis, the possibilities of system change. Above all, The Education We Need renders complexity into clarity as the writing is so clear and compelling. A powerful read on a topic of utmost importance."
~Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/Universtiy of Toronto
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough Tom tackles long-standing and emerging educational issues in new ways with an impressive understanding of the challenging complexities, but also feasible possibilities, for ensuring excellence and equity for all students."
~Carol Campbell, Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
In order for educational systems to change, we must reevaluate deep-seated beliefs about learning, teaching, schooling, and race that perpetuate inequitable opportunities and outcomes. Hatch, Corson, and Gerth van den Berg challenge the narrative when it comes to the grammar of schooling --or the conventional structures, practices, and beliefs that define educational experiences for so many children to cast a new vision of what school could be.
The book addresses current systemic problems and solutions as it:
Highlights global examples of successful school change Describes strategies that improve educational opportunities and performance Explores promising approaches in developing new learning opportunities Outlines conditions for supporting wide-scale educational improvement
This provocative book approaches education reform by highlighting what works, while also demonstrating what can be accomplished if we redefine conventional schools. We can make the schools we have more efficient, more effective, and more equitable, all while creating powerful opportunities to support all aspects of students development.
"You won t find a better book on system change in education than this one. We learn why schools don t change; how they can improve; what it takes to change a system; and, in the final analysis, the possibilities of system change. Above all, The Education We Need renders complexity into clarity as the writing is so clear and compelling. A powerful read on a topic of utmost importance."
~Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/Universtiy of Toronto
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough Tom tackles long-standing and emerging educational issues in new ways with an impressive understanding of the challenging complexities, but also feasible possibilities, for ensuring excellence and equity for all students."
~Carol Campbell, Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
For decades Tom Hatch has been engaged in school reform as an observer, researcher, and participant as well as the involved parent of three children. He has surveyed efforts across the United States and much of the world notably Norway, Finland, and Singapore sympathetically but not uncritically. In this magisterial work, he presents the lessons he has learned and offers sage advice to those who seek to improve our schools anywhere, everywhere.
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education