Educational Reform, the Forgotten Half
Educational Reform, the Forgotten Half

Author: William Burt Lauderdale

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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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)

The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education
The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education

Author: Christopher P. Loss

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1612509843

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In The Convergence of K–12 and Higher Education, two leading scholars of education policy bring together a distinguished and varied array of contributors to systematically examine the growing convergence between the K–12 and higher education sectors in the United States. Though the two sectors have traditionally been treated as distinct and separate, the editors show that the past decade has seen an increasing emphasis on the alignment between the two. At the same time, the national focus on outcomes and accountability, originating in the K–12 sector, is exerting growing pressure on higher education, while trends toward privatization and diversification—long characteristic of the postsecondary sector—are influencing public schools. This volume makes the powerful case that it is no longer possible to think of one sector in the absence of the other, given the economic, demographic, and technological forces that are pushing the educational system toward convergence. Taken together, the chapters in this book provide a promising new line of inquiry for examining contemporary questions in education policy.

Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration

Author: Fenwick W. English

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2006-02-16

Total Pages: 1265

ISBN-13: 145226516X

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To read some sample entries, or to view the Readers Guide click on "Sample Chapters/Additional Materials" in the left column under "About This Book" The Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration presents the most recent theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration as taught in preparation programs and practiced in schools and colleges today. With more than 600 entries, written by more than 200 professors, graduate students, practitioners, and association officials, the two volumes of this encyclopedia represent the most comprehensive knowledge base of educational leadership and school administration that has, as yet, been compiled. Key Features Represents a "knowledge dynamic" of the field by presenting ideas and perspectives that are in the minds, hearts, and aspirations of those practicing in the profession Includes a wide range of topics covering teaching and learning, curriculum, psychology and motivation, budgeting and finance, law, statistics, research, personnel management, planning, supervision, and much more Contains more than 75 biographical sketches of people whose ideas, aspirations, and lives have contributed much to the profession Animates the reader′s thinking and defines possibilities by presenting terms, ideas, concepts, research, and theories that are circulating in the field The Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration is a must-have reference for all academic libraries as well as a welcome addition to any leadership in education collection.