These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can't Afford to Abandon Our Public Schools
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807024732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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She also helped found the Coalition of Essential Schools in the 1980s, under the leadership of Ted Sizer. Beginning in 1997,she worked with MacArthur award winning educator, Deborah Meier, to found the now internationally recognized Mission Hill School in Boston. In 2012, Gasoi earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership f
Noguera, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies . “It is fitting that a chapter in this inspiring book is titled ‘Falling for Democracy,’ for Deborah Meier and Emily Gasoi have written an intimate and heartfelt love letter to public education. They won’t be able to do this if they haven’t been encouraged to think critically and haven’t been treated as respected members of their school community. Beyond test scores and other measures of academic achievement, our schools must prepare young
A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award–winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people with an “apprenticeship for citizenship in a democracy.” Through an intergenerational exchange with her former colleague and fellow educator Emily Gasoi, the coauthors share their experiences working in democratically governed schools and analyze the last several decades of education reform. Reflecting on the trajectory of education and social policies that are leading our country further from rule “of, for, and by the people,” the authors apply their extensive knowledge and years of research to address the question of how public education must change in order to counter the erosion of democratic spirit and practice in schools and in the nation as a whole.