Educational Reform The Forgotten Half

Author : William Burt Lauderdale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033006425

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Educational Reform, the Forgotten Half by William Burt Lauderdale Pdf

By examining the trends in equity and academic excellence, this monograph interprets America's history of educational reform. The first section, "The Legacy of Reform," analyzes themes after colonial times. William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated humanitarian, middle-class education following the American Revolution. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the nation sensed an urgency about schooling. Thomas Jefferson advanced opportunities by state-financed schools. The competing social forces of frontier and industrial expansion developed the common school movement; Horace Mann increased support for public education. The dialectic between classical European excellence and equity, however, did not produce equality of opportunity. Progressive education, the 20th century's major ideology, broadened schooling's role through individual student focus and open, democratic classrooms promoted by John Dewey. "Contemporary Reform Issues," section 2, concludes that equity and academic excellence often coexist as traditional dichotomies, but can attain resolution. Desegregation demonstrates commitment to comprehensive equity. Expanded opportunities require time; reforms should not ignore schools' increased responsibilities. If "A Nation at Risk" became the national agenda, disadvantaged students would be left in the wake. Rather than through national mandate, the alternative is a pluralistic approach wherein local experiments encourage excellence. The quality of educational change is ultimately measured by the principle of just treatment for all. (CJH)

Author : Margie J. Klink Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313363580

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Re-Designing the High School Library for the Forgotten Half by Margie J. Klink Thomas Pdf

Most high school administrators, teachers, and staff concentrate on the student who is in the college preparatory track, while those who may not even finish high school have less attention paid to their curriculum and their educational needs. If the role of the school librarian is to prepare all students for lifelong learning, school librarians must work closely with teachers in charge of courses preparing students to go from school to work. They need to remind other teachers who are in general courses that many of the students in their classrooms who will not go to college, but will take jobs which pay them much more than the college graduate makes in many areas of the work force. This book points out the role of the school librarian in working with aIl the students and maps out the route to take to make this happen.

Author : Raymond Horn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781576078099

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Understanding Educational Reform by Raymond Horn Pdf

The only handbook of its kind to bring together materials from a wide range of authoritative works, providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of reform in American education. Crafted in ten skillfully written chapters, Educational Reform covers the history, politics, and processes of educational reform and addresses reforms in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Starting with a definition of educational reform and where its far-reaching results can lead, the work goes on to assess the role of the public in educational reform, the educational reform industry, and resistance to reform. Of interest to school boards and administrators and useful in graduate and undergraduate courses in education, it is written in a conversational tone that brings the subject out of the realm of dry analysis. Readers will benefit not only from the numerous case studies that intersperse the themes discussed, but also from the extensive bibliography of print and nonprint resources (including websites) listed for further study. There is little doubt that the classroom must change to meet the needs of the 21st century—read Educational Reform to learn just how.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Technical education
ISBN : PURD:32754076275803

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Hearings on H.R. 7, a Bill to Extend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education Pdf

Author : Fenwick W. English
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1963 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030990978

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The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse by Fenwick W. English Pdf

This Handbook explores the discourse within the field of educational leadership and management. It provides a clear analysis of the current field as well as older foundational ideas and newer concepts which are beginning to permeate the discussion. The field of educational leadership and management has long acknowledged that educational contexts include a variety of leaders beyond school principals and other school officials such as informal and middle level leaders. By looking at the knowledge dynamic rather than a static knowledge base , this Handbook allows research to be presented in its multidimensional, evolving reality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : CUB:U183034913772

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kathryn Hynes,Barton J. Hirsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118440827

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Career Programming: Linking Youth to the World of Work by Kathryn Hynes,Barton J. Hirsch Pdf

Across education, out-of-school-time programming, and workforce development, researchers and practitioners are seeking ways to bolster the career readiness of our nation’s youth, particularly low-income youth. This issue brings together information from a variety of disciplines and fields to help researchers, practitioners, and policymakers understand what we know and need to learn to provide youth with effective, engaging career-related programming. The articles highlight key findings about how youth learn about careers and develop a vocational identity, whether adolescent employment is beneficial for youth, and how to align our various systems to promote positive youth development. Models of career programming from education, afterschool, and workforce development are highlighted, as are strategies for collaborating with businesses. The volume emphasizes the practical implications of research findings, keeping the focus on how to develop evidence-based practices to support career development for youth. This is the 134th volume of New Directions for Youth Development, the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series dedicated to bringing together everyone concerned with helping young people, including scholars, practitioners, and people from different disciplines and professions.

Author : Samuel Halperin,Harold Howe (II)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015043098170

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The Forgotten Half Revisited by Samuel Halperin,Harold Howe (II) Pdf

The 10 papers in this report review what the United States has accomplished for late-adolescents and young adults in the past decade since publication of "The Forgotten Half." The consensus from the 15 authors is that many developments have not been encouraging. "Today's Forgotten Half: Still Losing Ground" (Samuel Halperin), a review of demographic and economic data, paints a generally discouraging picture of noncollege youth losing ground on a host of social and economic indexes. "Public Opinion and the Youth of America" (Daniel Yankelovich) sees the balance among important trends shifting toward the negative in education, governmental responses, moral values, and public attitudes toward youth. "The Changing American Family" (Carol Emig) examines how conditions and circumstances have changed for the American family. "Communities: Powerful Resources for America's Youth" (Martin J. Blank, Carol Steinbach) highlights initiatives at the community level that are of positive consequence for improving the lives of The Forgotten Half. "Youth and School Reform: From the Forgotten Half to the Forgotten Third" (Jack Jennings, Diane Stark Rentner) reports that more students do not end their education after high school, but those left behind face a bleaker future. "Postsecondary Education: Student Success, Not Just Access" (Lawrence E. Gladieux, Watson Scott Swail) argues the key to success is completion of postsecondary studies. "Preparing Youth for the World of Work" (Thomas Bailey, Vanessa Smith Morest) concludes that no strategy or policy change has caused a broad, consistent national movement. "Ten Years of Youth in Service to America" (Shirley Sagawa) focuses on development of service opportunities for students and young people. "Reflections on a Decade of Promoting Youth Development" (Karen Pittman, Merita Irby) offers suggestions to strengthen the insights and thrust of the youth development movement. "On the Horizon: America's Youth Face the New Century" (Harold Howe II) describes two main tasks to complete the youth agenda. A summary of the report is included. (YLB)

Author : Carl E. Van Horn,Herbert A. Schaffner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576076774

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Work in America [2 volumes] by Carl E. Van Horn,Herbert A. Schaffner Pdf

The first comprehensive analysis of work and the workforce in the United States, from the Industrial Revolution to the era of globalization. This comprehensive two-volume reference book is the first to analyze the central role of work and the workforce in U.S. life from the Industrial Revolution through today's information economy. Drawing on a variety of disciplines—economics, public policy, law, human and civil rights, cultural studies, and organizational psychology—its 256 entries examine key events, concepts, institutions, and individuals in labor history. Entries also tackle tough contemporary questions that reflect the conflicts inherent in capitalism. What is the impact of work on families and communities? On minority and immigrant populations? How shall we respond to changing work roles and the growing influence of the transnational corporation? Work in America describes and evaluates attempts to address social and class issues—affirmative action, occupational health and safety, corporate management science, and trade unionism and organized labor—and offers the kind of comprehensive understanding needed to discover workable solutions.

Author : Maurice R. Berube
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313389726

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American School Reform by Maurice R. Berube Pdf

Berube analyzes the three great educational reform movements in the United States. He shows how they have been shaped by outside societal forces: Progressive Education was an offshoot of the Progressive Movement; Equity Reform in the 1960s was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement; Excellence Reform in the last decade was a response to foreign economic competition. Within each matrix, common characteristics of each movement emerge. Progressive Education with its emphasis on critical thinking and child-centered schools set the stage for what was to follow. Equity Reform sought to complete the unfinished agenda of Progressive Education in educating the poor. Excellence Reform repudiated both in the name of higher standards and content-specific curriculums. The emergence of sophisticated educational research since the 1960s has influenced educational policy to be more research-based. Berube provides a necessary overview of the great movements in school reform over the last century.

Author : Barbara Z. Presseisen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : 1850000794

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Unlearned Lessons by Barbara Z. Presseisen Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN : LOC:00101445860

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The Labor Shortage--poverty and Educational Aspects by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources Pdf

Author : Ann M. Milne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Educational change
ISBN : MINN:31951D00365985B

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Educational Reform and Vocational Education by Ann M. Milne Pdf

Author : Prem Lata Sharma
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 8176254851

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World Educational Reforms by Prem Lata Sharma Pdf

Author : David Neumark
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610444262

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Improving School-to-Work Transitions by David Neumark Pdf

As anxieties about America's economic competitiveness mounted in the 1980s, so too did concerns that the nation's schools were not adequately preparing young people for the modern workplace. Spurred by widespread joblessness and job instability among young adults, the federal government launched ambitious educational reforms in the 1990s to promote career development activities for students. In recent years, however, the federal government has shifted its focus to test-based reforms like No Child Left Behind that emphasize purely academic subjects. At this critical juncture in education reform, Improving School-To-Work Transitions, edited by David Neumark, weighs the successes and failures of the '90s-era school-to-work initiatives, and assesses how high schools, colleges, and government can help youths make a smoother transition into stable, well-paying employment. Drawing on evidence from national longitudinal studies, surveys, interviews, and case studies, the contributors to Improving School-To-Work Transitions offer thought-provoking perspectives on a variety of aspects of the school-to-work problem. Deborah Reed, Christopher Jepsen, and Laura Hill emphasize the importance of focusing school-to-work programs on the diverse needs of different demographic groups, particularly immigrants, who represent a growing proportion of the youth population. David Neumark and Donna Rothstein investigate the impact of school-to-work programs on the "forgotten half," students at the greatest risk of not attending college. Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, they find that participation by these students in programs like job shadowing, mentoring, and summer internships raise employment and college attendance rates among men and earnings among women. In a study of nine high schools with National Academy Foundation career academies, Terry Orr and her fellow researchers find that career academy participants are more engaged in school and are more likely to attend a four-year college than their peers. Nan Maxwell studies the skills demanded in entry-level jobs and finds that many supposedly "low-skilled" jobs actually demand extensive skills in reading, writing, and math, as well as the "new basic skills" of communication and problem-solving. Maxwell recommends that school districts collaborate with researchers to identify which skills are most in demand in their local labor markets. At a time when test-based educational reforms are making career development programs increasingly vulnerable, it is worth examining the possibilities and challenges of integrating career-related learning into the school environment. Written for educators, policymakers, researchers, and anyone concerned about how schools are shaping the economic opportunities of young people, Improving School-To-Work Transitions provides an authoritative guide to a crucial issue in education reform.