Fiske, Edward B.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.
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Notes:

• A Touchstone book.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 1.. Learning Crisis — 2.. Smart Schools — 3.. Smart Classrooms — 4.. Resetting the Clock — 5.. Beyond Testing — 6.. New Technologies — 7.. Last Monopoly — 8.. Learning Communities — 9.. Holding Feet to the Fire — 10.. Creating Smart Schools: Political Imperatives — Appendix. Resource Guide to Smart Schools.
• A revolution in education is sweeping across America. Smart Schools, Smart Kids takes readers into dozens of pioneering schools across the country to describe successful programs and how they work, the problems they have encountered, and the results they have achieved. Innovative reformers are transforming every aspect of the nineteenth-century factory-model school into a new kind of public school capable of educating kids for twenty-first century challenges. Smart Schools, Smart Kids shows how. It is a book that is sure to be warmly welcomed by parents, teachers, administrators, and public officials alike who want to improve education for their own and for all of America’s children. This nation can no longer afford to wait for change: Smart Schools, Smart Kids will make a real difference now. Book jacket. –BOOK JACKET.

Subjects:

• Public schools — United States.
• School improvement programs — United States.
• Educational innovations — United States.
• School management and organization — United States.

Requested by Simmons, J