Frogs into Princes : Writings on School Reform

by Cuban, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780807748602
• ISBN10: 0807748609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-14
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Here is the essential collection of Larry Cuban's writings on urban school reform spanning his 45-year career. These carefully selected studies and articles examine instructional, curricular, organizational, and governance reform in mostly poor and minority districts and schools. The volume includes an Introduction and Epilogue that frames the book, giving readers a sense of Cuban's career as teacher, administrator, and researcher and how those experiences were intimately tied to the writings presented here. Cuban's deep compassion for students and educators and his commitment to educational equality for all children is evident in every page of this stunning collection.

Author Biography

Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Lessons Learned	p. 5
Selected Writings and Speeches	p. 7
Teacher as Reformer: An Insider's Perspective
1962-Teaching at Glenville	p. 13
1969-Teacher and Community	p. 20
Necessary Revisions in Teacher Education	p. 23
A Role Problem: Teacher or Social Worker?	p. 32
An Assessment of the Proposed Training Model	p. 35
Moving From an Insider to an Outsider Perspective
1984-Transforming the Frog into a Prince: Effective Schools Research, Policy, and Practice at the District Level	p. 41
District Policies	p. 45
Implementation Strategies	p. 50
Unanticipated Consequences	p. 61
1989-The "At-Risk" Label and the Problem of Urban School Reform	p. 70
Framing the Problem	p. 72
The Case Against the Graded School	p. 75
Past Efforts to Redesign Schools	p. 76
The Difficulty of Redesign	p. 77
Incremental Change	p. 79
1990-Reforming Again, Again, and Again	p. 85
Classrooms: Teacher-Centered Instruction	p. 86
Curriculum: The Academic and the Practical	p. 87
Centralizing and Decentralizing Authority	p. 89
Why Do Reforms Appear Again and Again?	p. 91
A Rational Explanation for Recurring Reforms	p. 91
Value Conflicts: A Political Perspective	p. 97
Institutional Perspective	p. 102
Concluding Comments	p. 105
2001-Leadership for Student Learning: Urban School Leadership-Different in Kind and Degree	p. 111
Nationalizing Education Reform	p. 111
Learning from the Past	p. 113
Reforming Schools-The Current Agenda	p. 115
Dispelling Some Urban Myths	p. 118
An Initial Agenda for Action	p. 122
Merged Perspectives in Reforming Classroom Practice
1993-Introduction to How Teachers Taught	p. 127
Reforming Schools and Classrooms	p. 129
Explanations for Constancy and Change	p. 140
2006-Reflections on Two Decades of Computers in Classrooms	p. 148
Introduction	p. 148
1:1 Computing	p. 149
A Final Word	p. 157
2007-Hugging the Middle: Teaching in an Era of Testing and Accountability	p. 159
How Have Teachers Taught?	p. 160
How Are Teachers Teaching?	p. 164
A Follow-Up Study of How Teachers Taught	p. 165
Making Sense of Conflicting Evidence	p. 180
Reflections on Urban School Reform	p. 188
Index	p. 197
About the Author	p. 204
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