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Wasting minds : why our education system is failing and what we can do about it / Ronald A. Wolk.

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Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Alexandria, Virginia, USA : ASCD, c2011Description: xi, 199 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781416611318 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1416611312 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Educational change -- United States | Public schools -- United StatesDDC classification: 370.973
Contents:
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.
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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.

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