Wasting minds : why our education system is failing and what we can do about it / Ronald A. Wolk. - Alexandria, Virginia, USA : ASCD, c2011. - xi, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index.
The "get tough" policy -- All standards for all students -- If it moves, test it -- Make them take algebra -- Wanted : great teachers -- The quest for the supreme leader -- The dropout epidemic -- Time for what? -- Never enough money -- Needed : a new strategy of new schools -- One student at a time -- Many pathways to success -- Life to text -- It's the work that counts -- Start them early -- A new role for teachers -- A matter of choice -- Schools for digital natives.
9781416611318 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1416611312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010043521
Educational change--United States.
Public schools--United States.
LA217.2 / .W65 2011
370.973