About us
Cutting Through the Hype
A Taxpayer's Guide to School Reforms
By Jane L. David and Larry Cuban
Preface
Introduction
Section One: Reforming the System
- Standards-Based Reform
- Test-Based Accountability
- Closing the Achievement Gap
- Parental Choice
- Merit Pay for Teachers
- Putting Mayors in Charge
- Giving Schools More Control
Section Two: Reforming How Schools Are Organized
- Research-Based Best Practices
- Ending Social Promotion
- To Track or Not to Track
- Rethinking High School
- Whole-School Reform
- The Class-Size Conundrum
- More Time in School
- Moving from Middle School to K-8
Section Three: Reforming Teaching and Learning
- Learning to Read: Phonics Revisited
- Reforming Math Teaching
- English-Language Learning
- Redesigning Professional Development
- High-Tech Classrooms
What Can Reformers and Taxpayers Do?
Endnotes
Index
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