Schools for Our Time The Local Classroom in an Uncertain World

by Salowe, Allen E.

• ISBN13: 9780810847095
• ISBN10: 0810847094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-18
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Globalization now drives global trade, which drives the demand for American jobs. With the industrial age behind us and the information age upon us, author Allen Salowe recognizes that we need qualitatively different school processes and learning methods. The 11 chapters in this easy-to-read text are devoted to: leaving students behind, readying culturally diverse students for their time, new standards of competitiveness, the need for direction and improvement in local schools, and smoothing the transition.

Author Biography

Allen E. Salowe is a senior fellow of the Florida Institute of Education and the Florida Center for Electronic Communication.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
1 The Continuous Loop	5	(18)
Connections to the Larger Community	6	(2)
Leaving Students Behind	8	(1)
Bridging the Opportunity Gap	8	(1)
A Disgraceful Report	9	(2)
The Local School	11	(1)
An Even Larger Problem	12	(1)
Schools Meet the Needs of Their Time	13	(4)
A Qualitatively Different Local School for Our Time	17	(1)
The Needs of Our Times	18	(5)
2 Readying Culturally Diverse Students for Their Time	23	(14)
Where We Have Come From	24	(5)
Where Does This Leave the Local School?	29	(1)
A Crisis of Higher U.S. Dropout Rates	30	(7)
3 New Standards of Competitiveness	37	(18)
Economic Perspective	37	(2)
Free-Market Global Economy	39	(1)
Adam Smith's View of Economic Growth	40	(10)
The Global Mind-set	50	(1)
Customer-Focused Quality	51	(1)
Suddenly, a New Beginning	52	(3)
4 The Local School Needs Direction	55	(16)
Searching for Direction	55	(4)
The Gap between the Building and Classroom Performance	59	(1)
Why Children Can't Walk to School	60	(2)
Turning Our Backs on the Problem	62	(2)
Community Planning and School Planning	64	(2)
Coordinating School Facilities and Community Planning	66	(5)
5 Initiatives for Local School Improvement	71	(14)
Local and State Initiatives	71	(5)
Teacher Backlash to Cut the Links	76	(2)
The Missing Links in the Local School	78	(1)
Initiatives Linking Industries and Learning	79	(3)
Linking Parents to the Local School	82	(3)
6 Partnering: Smoothing the Transition	85	(20)
Linking Classroom to Career	86	(1)
Putting Classroom-to-Career Programs into Practice	87	(1)
Students Show the Way	88	(1)
A New Approach to Learning	89	(2)
The Employer's Role	91	(5)
Classroom-to-Career Case Studies	96	(9)
7 Classroom-to-Career Programs: Best Practices	105	(22)
Success Stories Show the Way	105	(6)
The Building Blocks of Classroom-to-Career Initiatives	111	(5)
The Local School Starts Good Practices Early	116	(1)
What Schools Need from Business Partners	117	(3)
From High Tech to High Touch	120	(2)
Turning the Tide	122	(1)
The Vision of Success	123	(1)
Using Measures That Work	124	(1)
Using Refrigerator-Door Language	125	(2)
8 Focusing on Our Time	127	(18)
The Unavoidable Link of Our Time	127	(1)
Easier Said Than Done	128	(1)
Idleness Breeds Trouble	129	(1)
Three Ds and the Three Rs	130	(1)
Teachers Set the Tone	131	(1)
A Singe Set of Rules	132	(2)
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree	134	(2)
Teachers Need Classes in Classroom Management and Control	136	(1)
Teachers Are Not Automatically Skilled in Urban Stress	137	(2)
The Career Academy	139	(6)
9 Leveraging What We Know	145	(22)
We Cannot Understand a System until We Try to Change It	147	(1)
First, We Need Focus	148	(4)
Where We Start	152	(2)
Examine the Puzzle Carefully	154	(1)
Why Are We Here?	154	(1)
The Deming Effect	155	(6)
Outer-Ring Pieces Link with Classroom-to-Career Initiatives	161	(3)
The Middle Ring and Classroom-to-Career Initiatives	164	(1)
The Rubber Hits the Road in the Inner Circle	165	(1)
At the Center:The Classroom	165	(2)
10 Classroom-to-Career Programs and the Future	167	(20)
Classroom-to-CareerTime Horizon: Twenty Years	168	(2)
The Teacher's Job: Make the Work Challenging	170	(7)
Implications	177	(3)
Leadership and Vision	180	(4)
The Global Economy	184	(3)
11 The Diverse Workforce	187	(16)
The New Melting Pot	188	(2)
Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself	190	(1)
Abundance of Choices	191	(2)
High-Performing Schools Align Action and Values	193	(2)
Leading Transition: A New Model for Change	195	(2)
Taking the Long View	197	(3)
Schools Cannot Be All Things to All People and Succeed	200	(3)
Index	203	(4)
About the Author	207