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ERIC Number: ED415223
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 223
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8077-3654-6
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Common Schools, Uncommon Futures: A Working Consensus for School Renewal.
Kogan, Barry S., Ed.
This book examines the agenda of public education, offering formal presentations from a 1994 symposium on educational finance and a 1994 conference on rethinking public education. There are 12 chapters: (1) "School Reform: The Riddle of Change and Stability" (Larry Cuban); (2) "What Are We Learning about Learning in Schools?" (Jerome Bruner); (3) "Learning, Teaching, and Existential Meaning" (Nel Noddings); (4) "Habits of Mind: Democratic Values and the Creation of Effective Learning Communities" (Deborah Meier); (5) "Mobilizing Schools and Communities to Develop Ethics and Social Responsibility" (Edward T. Joyner); (6) "Professional Development: Learning from Experience" (Lee S. Shulman); (7) "Preparing Teachers for Twenty-First-Century Schools: Teacher Learning in Global Perspective" (Albert Shanker); (8) "Bringing Success to Scale in Public Education: Strategy, Designs, and New American Schools" (John L. Anderson); (9) "Building Bridges: How to Make Business-Education Partnerships Work" (Robert L. Wehling); (10) "Equity and Liberty in Education Funding" (Kern Alexander); (11) "Equity, Adequacy, and Variable Spending in Public Education" (Richard A. Rossmiller); and (12) "An American Primer: A Guide to Democratic School Reform" (Joseph Featherstone). (SM)
Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (paper: ISBN-0-8077-3654-6; cloth: ISBN-0-8073-3655-4).
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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