Flip the System US: How Teachers Can Transform Education and Save Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780367374563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Michael Soskil

Opis

This powerful and honest book uncovers how we can flip the system, building a more democratic, equitable, and cohesive society where teacher expertise drives solutions to education challenges.

Spis treści

Section I Public Education as the Foundation of Democratic Society  1. An American Education System with Integrity  2. Engendering Student Civic Engagement: A Los Angeles Student Focus Group  3. Regaining the Democratic Heart of Education  4. Teaching for Democracy: The Role of Student Autonomy and Agency  Section II An Equitable System for All  5. Systems that Promote Equitable Outcomes  6. Beyond Privilege: Using Student Perspectives to Create a More Equitable System  7. The Day After: Education and Equity after the Global Pandemic 8. Closing the Rural Opportunity Gap  9. Market Forces and Erosion of Education as a Public Good: Widening Equity Gaps  Section III Healthy Students, Healthy Schools, and Healthy Communities  10. Educating the Whole Child  11. Flipping the System: A Primer for the Classroom Teacher  12. Refugee and Immigrant Education: Strengthening Our Communities  13. Impact of Trauma on the Foundational Identities of Our Children  Section IV Elevating Teacher Expertise into Education Decisions  14. Teaching is a Political Profession: Stepping into the Arena  15. Lessons for the United States from International Education Systems  16. A Case Study in Distributed Leadership: Sanger Unified School District  17. #RedforEd and the Struggle for Our Schools  18. Education Union Renewal: The Key to Flipping the System  Section V Supporting Teachers in a Flipped System  19. Addressing the Shortage: Recruiting our Next Generation of Teachers  20. Supporting Teachers from Historically Marginalized Communities  21. Democratized Professional Learning: The Edcamp Model  22. Pockets of Innovation: Transformational Professional Learning and Development

O autorze

Michael Soskil is an author, an international keynote speaker, and has spent the past 22 years in various teaching roles. He is a Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, a recipient of the US Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, and in 2016 was announced as one of the top ten teachers in the world and a finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.