Beyond Counterfeit Reforms Forging an Authentic Future for All Learners

by Spady, William; Jukes, Ian; Ahern, Ursula

• ISBN13: 9780810840096
• ISBN10: 081084009X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Have you ever asked yourself, Why do we do this? when faced with the day-to-day realities of school, such as report cards, standardized tests, or textbooks? Chances are, if you are like most Americans, you haven't. William Spady has, however, and in Beyond Counterfeit Reforms he questions the dead-end assumptions of American education. Not only does Spady thoroughly articulate the bad news about the deep organizational flaws in our schools, but he develops the model of a Total Learning Community--a profoundly compelling description of a possible education and society which makes current reform methods look superficial and misguided in comparison.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Ian Jukes
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Moving beyond Education's Dead End Choice	1	(12)
Embracing the New Research Realities	13	(16)
Total Learning for Total Living	29	(18)
Drowning in Old-Paradigm Inertia	47	(14)
Exposing the Numbers Game	61	(18)
Boxed In by Reform	79	(16)
Creating Standards for Transforming Education	95	(16)
Establishing a Culture of Total Professionalism	111	(16)
Laying a Foundation of Insight and Inquiry	127	(18)
Defining Life Performance Learning Essentials	145	(18)
Ensuring Empowering Learning Experiences	163	(18)
Mobilizing Resources to Support Learning	181	(14)
Epilogue: The Culminating Step: Forging an Authentic Future for All Learners	195	(6)
Invitations to Act	201	(10)
Arnold F. Fege
Ursula M. Ahern
Bibliography	211	(4)
About the Author	215	(1)
About the Contributors	216