Cheri Pierson Yecke

The War Against Excellence

The Rising Tide of Mediocrity in America's Middle Schools

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The War against Excellence provides a chronology of the middle school movement, including its shift away from academics, and proposes solutions to this rising tide of mediocrity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781578862276
• ISBN-10: 1578862272
• Artikelnr.: 21718188

Autorenporträt

Cheri Pierson Yecke, an award-winning teacher and noted author, lecturer, and researcher, has served as the Secretary of Education for Virginia, the Commissioner of Education for Minnesota, and as a senior official with the U.S. Department of Education. A highly regarded and influential education reformer, Yecke is the Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education and Social Policy at the Center of the American Experiment.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword by William J. Bennett Part 2 Preface Part 3 Prologue
Chapter 4 1. Introduction Chapter 5 2. The Growth of the Middle School
Movement Chapter 6 3. Middle School Curriculum Chapter 7 4. Ability
Grouping Chapter 8 5. Cooperative Learning Chapter 9 6. Peer Tutoring
Chapter 10 7. Analysis of Beliefs and Driving Convictions Chapter 11 8.
Activist Implementation Chapter 12 9. Ethical Considerations Chapter 13 10.
Implications for the Twenty-First Century Part 14 Appendices Part 15
Selected Bibliography Part 16 Index