Our third book selection for our virtual book club is a series of essays touching on school reform. The essays address issues such as “Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice”, “Building a New Structure for School Leadership”, “Bridging the Gap between Standards and Achievement”, “When Accountability Knocks, Will Anyone Answer?”, “Unwarranteed Intrusion”, “Change and Improvement in Educational Reform”, and “Doing the Right Thing, Knowing th Right Thing To Do”.
As I opened this book and began scanning the introduction, my eye was caught by the following “…the ebb and flow of policy issues - what political scientists call the issue attention cycle - typically proceeds in 3 to 5 year intervals….Education reform seems to have defied this priniciple” . Seems we can’t bury our heads in the sand and hope all this AYP, NCLB, etc. goes away. I look forward to reading what Mr. Elmore has to say on these issues. And, I look forward to reading what you have to say also.
Jean Piazza
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Our third book selection for our virtual book club is a series of essays touching on school reform. The essays address issues such as “Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice”, “Building a New Structure for School Leadership”, “Bridging the Gap between Standards and Achievement”, “When Accountability Knocks, Will Anyone Answer?”, “Unwarranteed Intrusion”, “Change and Improvement in Educational Reform”, and “Doing the Right Thing, Knowing th Right Thing To Do”.
As I opened this book and began scanning the introduction, my eye was caught by the following “…the ebb and flow of policy issues - what political scientists call the issue attention cycle - typically proceeds in 3 to 5 year intervals….Education reform seems to have defied this priniciple” . Seems we can’t bury our heads in the sand and hope all this AYP, NCLB, etc. goes away. I look forward to reading what Mr. Elmore has to say on these issues. And, I look forward to reading what you have to say also.
Jean Piazza
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