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Fatigued by school reform

Jennings, Jack, (1942-)

Fatigued by school reform

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Fatigued by school reformJack Jennings.
Author:	Jennings, Jack,
Description:	1 online resource (146 p.)
Subject:	Educational change.
Online resource:	https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ROWMANB0021871.html
ISBN:	1475851308

Fatigued by school reform
Jennings, Jack,1942-

Fatigued by school reform[electronic resource] /Jack Jennings. - 1 online resource (146 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

After a half-a-century of school reform, a majority of Americans consider the public schools as worse today than when they attended school. Those reforms missed the mark because they were not focused on the backgrounds of the students' parents--by far the most important indicator of students' progress in school. The importance of parents was documented by the Coleman Report more than 50 years ago. School reform must be continued but re-directed to over-come the power of low parental socio-economic status. The best way to improve the schools is to create a better, fairer economy providing parents with good jobs and decent wages. In the meantime, good pre-school, after-school, and other aids are needed to help students from low income families. Teacher quality, although not as influential as the parents' backgrounds, is the second most significant indicator of student success. Teachers, like parents, have not been the focus of the attention their importance deserves. In particular, teachers should be fairly paid, and their verbal and cognitive skills improved. The Coleman Report again documented the importance...

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 1475851308Subjects--Topical Terms:

249593
Educational change.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LB2806

Dewey Class. No.: 370

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