Impelled by a demand for increasing American strength in the new global economy, many educators, public officials, business leaders, and parents argue that school computers and Internet access will improve academic learning and prepare students for an information-based workplace.
But just how valid is this argument? In Oversold and Underused, one of the most respected voices in American education argues that when teachers are not given a say in how the technology might reshape schools, computers are merely souped-up typewriters and classrooms continue to run much as they did a...
Impelled by a demand for increasing American strength in the new global economy, many educators, public officials, business leaders, and parents ar...
"Ford Motor Company would not have survived the competition had it not been for an emphasis on results. We must view education the same way," the U.S. Secretary of Education declared in 2003. But is he right? In this provocative new book, Larry Cuban takes aim at the alluring clichE that schools should be more businesslike, and shows that in its long history in business-minded America, no one has shown that a business model can be successfully applied to education.
In this straight-talking book, one of the most distinguished scholars in education charts the Gilded Age beginnings of...
"Ford Motor Company would not have survived the competition had it not been for an emphasis on results. We must view education the same way," the U...
For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, the actual reforms have been gradual and incremental. Tinkering toward Utopia documents the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea and the moderate pace of change in educational practices.
In this book, David Tyack and Larry Cuban explore some basic questions about the nature of educational reform. Why have Americans come to believe that schooling has regressed? Have...
For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk...
The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.
The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implement...
The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implementation.
The authors examine current technology usage for students with disabilities and the successes and obstacles for special education technology implem...
For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual students, create citizens, and bind diverse groups into one nation. Since the 1980s, however, a new generation of school reformers has been intent on using schools to solve the nation's economic problems. An economic justification for public schools--equipping students with marketable skills to help the nation compete in a global, information-based workplace--overwhelmed other historically accepted purposes for tax-supported public schools. Private...
For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual stude...
For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual students, create citizens, and bind diverse groups into one nation. Since the 1980s, however, a new generation of school reformers has been intent on using schools to solve the nation's economic problems. An economic justification for public schools--equipping students with marketable skills to help the nation compete in a global, information-based workplace--overwhelmed other historically accepted purposes for tax-supported public schools.
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For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual st...
After almost five decades of working in and around public schools, Larry Cuban invites us to think along with him about why it is so hard to get good schools. He offers these reflections because his contact with tens of thousands of public school participants - teachers, policymakers, researchers, parents, and students - has convinced him that I am not alone in coping with these thorny dilemmas... as each of us muddles toward the kinds of 'good' schooling that we seek for children.
After almost five decades of working in and around public schools, Larry Cuban invites us to think along with him about why it is so hard to get good ...
With this significant new work, Larry Cuban provides a unique and insightful perspective on the bridging of the long-standing and well-known gap between teachers and administrators. Drawing on the literature of the field as well as personal experience, Cuban recognizes the enduring structural relationship within school organizations inherited by teachers, principals, and superintendents, and calls for a renewal of their sense of common purpose regarding the role of schooling in a democratic society. Cuban analyzes the dominant images (moral and technical), roles (instructional,...
With this significant new work, Larry Cuban provides a unique and insightful perspective on the bridging of the long-standing and well-known gap betwe...
Larry Cuban takes the richly detailed history of the Austin, Texas, school district, under Superintendent Pat Forgione, to examine how much changed in a decade of his tenure, and what remained unchanged.
Larry Cuban takes the richly detailed history of the Austin, Texas, school district, under Superintendent Pat Forgione, to examine how much changed in...
