Kevin Chavous

Building a Learning Culture in America (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Building a Learning Culture in America takes an incisive, no-holds-barred look at how America embraced and cultivated a culture of learning in the past, how that culture declined in the sixties and seventies, and what must be done to regain it. From political gridlock to systemic discrimination, Chavous details the many ways education today is off track, and cites specific examples of what Americans might do to reform it.

Part memoir and part manifesto, this is a frank, fascinating, and personal account of Chavous' experience as a politician working to enact school choice in Washington, DC, and throughout the United States. During the course of his political career, he has seen political skirmishes and party scuffles interfere with the United States' ability to improve its educational system. These conflicts did not cause the problem; they were merely a result. The true problem was more basic: the decline of America's learning culture.

This pivotal work calls for Americans to unite in making the changes needed to re-establish a learning culture as an inherent piece of the American national fabric, and tells us how to begin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351530521
• Artikelnr.: 49043057

Autorenporträt

Kevin Chavous

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Endorsements Introduction Part 1.
The Politics of Reform-My Struggle for School Choice 1 My Personal History
of Learning 2 A Look at Education in America The Creation of an Education
System For All 1960s and 1970s: In the Midst of Great Change, Our Schools
Remained Stagnant 3 A Nation at Risk: Then and Now A Nation at Risk The
Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools 4 Equal
Opportunity Education: A Civil Rights Issue A Family History of Activism
Experiencing Racism Firsthand 5 Public Service in Our Nation's Capital 6
Heading Up the Education Committee 7 Running for Mayor and Growing Charter
Schools in DC 8 School Vouchers in DC 9 Losing My Council Seat and Joining
the Education Reform Movement 10 Glimmers of Hope Part 2. Achieving Reform:
Building a Learning Culture in America Introduction 11 Establishing a New
Brand of Nationalism 12 Removing Politics 13 All Children Can Learn 14
Encouraging Education Activism 15 Considering How Other Cultures Teach and
Learn 16 Let Us Model Our Learning Culture Movement on Other Successful
Social Change Movements The Civil Rights Movement The Environmental
Movement Gay Rights Movement Public Health Movement Technology's Role in
Enacting Social Change The Learning Culture Movement 17 Trusted Voices
Championing the Cause 18 Celebrating Models and Teachers That Work Part 3.
Some Success Stories 19 Three Schools and One School District with Great
Teachers and a Learning Culture Salemwood School Houston Heights Learning
Academy Village Leadership Academy The Lindsay Unified School District
Conclusion: Finding Hope Bibliography Index