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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