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Education Reform in the Obama Era - The Second Term and the 2016 Election (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Robert Maranto, Michael Q.... Education Reform in the Obama Era - The Second Term and the 2016 Election (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Robert Maranto, Michael Q. McShane, Evan Rhinesmith
R1,713 Discovery Miles 17 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a sophisticated overview of President Obama's education agenda, exploring how and why education policy became national and ultimately presidential over the past seven decades. The authors argue that the Obama education agenda, though more ambitious, is broadly in line with those of recent presidencies, reflecting elite views that since substantial increases in spending have failed to improve equity and achievement, public schools require reforms promoting transparency such as the Common Core national standards, as well as market based reforms such as charter schools. While sympathetic to President Obama's goals, the authors argue that the processes used to implement those goals, particularly national standards, have been hurried and lacked public input. The Obama administration's overreach on school reform has sparked a bipartisan backlash. Even so, Maranto, McShane, and Rhinesmith suspect that the next president will be an education reformer, reflecting an enduring elite consensus behind school reform.

Hybrid Homeschooling - A Guide to the Future of Education (Hardcover): Michael Q. McShane Hybrid Homeschooling - A Guide to the Future of Education (Hardcover)
Michael Q. McShane
R1,390 Discovery Miles 13 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

All across the country, in traditional public, public charter, and private schools, entrepreneurial educators are experimenting with the school day and school week. Hybrid Homeschools have students attend traditional classes in a brick-and-mortar school for some part of the week and homeschool for the rest of the week. Some do two days at home and three days at school, others the inverse, and still others split between four days at home or school and one day at the other. This book dives deep into hybrid homeschooling. It describes the history of hybrid homeschooling, the different types of hybrid homeschools operating around the country, and the policies that can both promote and thwart it. At the heart of the book are the stories of hybrid homeschoolers themselves. Based on numerous in-depth interviews, the book tells the story of hybrid homeschooling from both the family and educator perspective.

Hybrid Homeschooling - A Guide to the Future of Education (Paperback): Michael Q. McShane Hybrid Homeschooling - A Guide to the Future of Education (Paperback)
Michael Q. McShane
R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

All across the country, in traditional public, public charter, and private schools, entrepreneurial educators are experimenting with the school day and school week. Hybrid Homeschools have students attend traditional classes in a brick-and-mortar school for some part of the week and homeschool for the rest of the week. Some do two days at home and three days at school, others the inverse, and still others split between four days at home or school and one day at the other. This book dives deep into hybrid homeschooling. It describes the history of hybrid homeschooling, the different types of hybrid homeschools operating around the country, and the policies that can both promote and thwart it. At the heart of the book are the stories of hybrid homeschoolers themselves. Based on numerous in-depth interviews, the book tells the story of hybrid homeschooling from both the family and educator perspective.

No Longer Forgotten - The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America (Hardcover): Michael Q. McShane, Andy Smarick No Longer Forgotten - The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America (Hardcover)
Michael Q. McShane, Andy Smarick
R1,644 Discovery Miles 16 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The lion's share of writing about education improvement for the past two decades has focused on improving urban schools. Given the yawning gaps between the low-income and minority students that populate those schools and their suburban counterparts, this makes a great deal of sense. Unfortunately, this focus has neglected the tens of millions of students who attend schools in rural areas. Many of the issues that they face, from the impact of the opioid epidemic to deindustrialization to a lack of infrastructure, take on a unique character in rural schools. And many of the reforms that have proven so successful in urban areas do not translate so easily to rural contexts. This volume looks at both the macro-factors affecting rural schools (like deindustrialization and the opioid crisis) as well as the specific steps rural schools have taken and can take to improve.

No Longer Forgotten - The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America (Paperback): Michael Q. McShane, Andy Smarick No Longer Forgotten - The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America (Paperback)
Michael Q. McShane, Andy Smarick
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The lion's share of writing about education improvement for the past two decades has focused on improving urban schools. Given the yawning gaps between the low-income and minority students that populate those schools and their suburban counterparts, this makes a great deal of sense. Unfortunately, this focus has neglected the tens of millions of students who attend schools in rural areas. Many of the issues that they face, from the impact of the opioid epidemic to deindustrialization to a lack of infrastructure, take on a unique character in rural schools. And many of the reforms that have proven so successful in urban areas do not translate so easily to rural contexts. This volume looks at both the macro-factors affecting rural schools (like deindustrialization and the opioid crisis) as well as the specific steps rural schools have taken and can take to improve.

Failure Up Close - What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It (Hardcover): Jay P. Greene, Michael Q. McShane Failure Up Close - What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It (Hardcover)
Jay P. Greene, Michael Q. McShane
R1,773 Discovery Miles 17 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For many reasons, failure in education reform is rarely admitted. Even though it is incredibly hard work to try and improve the enormous and diverse American education system, because there are political consequences of admitting that a particular effort did not live up to its promises and pressure from philanthropic funders to show success, unsuccessful efforts are often swept under the rug or papered over with public relations efforts that avoid wrestling with the tough realities of educational improvement. This doesn't help anyone. As any educator will tell you, failure is an essential part of learning. Insofar as education reform needs to be a learning movement itself, it has to be able to admit where it has failed and learn from it. Failure Up-Close engages a select group of scholars from across the ideological spectrum to examine particular education reform efforts of recent years that have not succeeded and offer lessons for school and system improvement that can be learned from them. Rather than view failure as negative, this volume looks at failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. In fact, the editors endeavored to find authors that would analyze reforms for which they had some fundamental sympathy. The goal is not to bash particular efforts or castigate their supporters but rather to help those supporters understand how to do what they do better, and ultimately, do better for children.

Failure Up Close - What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It (Paperback): Jay P. Greene, Michael Q. McShane Failure Up Close - What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It (Paperback)
Jay P. Greene, Michael Q. McShane
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For many reasons, failure in education reform is rarely admitted. Even though it is incredibly hard work to try and improve the enormous and diverse American education system, because there are political consequences of admitting that a particular effort did not live up to its promises and pressure from philanthropic funders to show success, unsuccessful efforts are often swept under the rug or papered over with public relations efforts that avoid wrestling with the tough realities of educational improvement. This doesn't help anyone. As any educator will tell you, failure is an essential part of learning. Insofar as education reform needs to be a learning movement itself, it has to be able to admit where it has failed and learn from it. Failure Up-Close engages a select group of scholars from across the ideological spectrum to examine particular education reform efforts of recent years that have not succeeded and offer lessons for school and system improvement that can be learned from them. Rather than view failure as negative, this volume looks at failure as an opportunity to learn and grow. In fact, the editors endeavored to find authors that would analyze reforms for which they had some fundamental sympathy. The goal is not to bash particular efforts or castigate their supporters but rather to help those supporters understand how to do what they do better, and ultimately, do better for children.

New and Better Schools - The Supply Side of School Choice (Hardcover): Michael Q. McShane New and Better Schools - The Supply Side of School Choice (Hardcover)
Michael Q. McShane
R2,150 Discovery Miles 21 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public financing for their private education has not led to the vibrant marketplace of school options many of its supporters envisioned. If school choice policy is to improve the American education landscape, careful thought must be put in to understand how it can expand existing high quality schools and create new high quality schools to serve more children. New and Better Schools attacks this problem from the perspective of both researchers and practitioners, documenting the hurdles entrepreneurial school leaders face and offering a way forward.

New and Better Schools - The Supply Side of School Choice (Paperback): Michael Q. McShane New and Better Schools - The Supply Side of School Choice (Paperback)
Michael Q. McShane
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in private school choice programs has grown ten-fold. But granting students access to public financing for their private education has not led to the vibrant marketplace of school options many of its supporters envisioned. If school choice policy is to improve the American education landscape, careful thought must be put in to understand how it can expand existing high quality schools and create new high quality schools to serve more children. New and Better Schools attacks this problem from the perspective of both researchers and practitioners, documenting the hurdles entrepreneurial school leaders face and offering a way forward.

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