A revolution in public education that "shows how the real experts--teachers, parents, and students themselves--have changed their schools from the ground up. . . ". (The Miami Herald). While Americans have heard for years that our schools are in decline, Fiske shows us dozens of pioneering programs across the country that work. Fiske is the former Education Editor of The New York Times.
A revolution in public education that "shows how the real experts--teachers, parents, and students themselves--have changed their schools from the gro...
In 1989, New Zealand abolished its national Department of Education and turned control of its 2700 primary and secondary schools over to locally elected boards of trustees. This book provides detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of the New Zealand experiment.
In 1989, New Zealand abolished its national Department of Education and turned control of its 2700 primary and secondary schools over to locally elect...
