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Prologue: Learning from the Past - By building on the best educational organizations in America there is hope to construct the best schools in the nation's future thereby fulfilling the American vision of a just democracy. Chapter 1: Progress or Regress? - There are statistical facts and opinions of influential Americans to support both improvements and declines in the American public school system, though faith in American schools continues to support the idea that an informed citizenry is essential to our society. Chapter 2: Policy Cycles and Institutional Trends - Repetitive policy talks cycle more frequently than actual change and involve politicians in legislating short-lived reforms that do not dent the educational landscape. Chapter 3: How Schools Change Reforms - Top-down educational reforms are changed by schools,measured in three ways (changing the original reform, effectiveness, and longevity), and may be more effective if these reforms were bottom-up or grass-roots reforms. Chapter 4: Why the Grammar of Schooling Persists - Tyack & Cuban propose several intertwined reasons that the grammar of schooling is resistant to change, including the historical timing of the introduction of the graded school system, the clout of those legislating the change, and the labor saving features of the current system. Chapter 5: Reinventing Schooling - Reforms should not originate with those outside education nor seek to replace the status quo but should stem from educators in the schools adding reforms to those things that actually do work in classrooms. Epilogue: Looking toward the Future - The authors see hope in reforms that include classrooms teachers in shaping schools that produce an informed and ethical citizenry that will thrive in our democratic society. Tyack and Cuban are optimistic about the future of the American public school system. They cite several reforms that have failed over time because they were initiated from outside the system. The involv

Zappardino, Pamela H. (1995). FairTest: Charting a course for testing reform. The Clearing House, 68(4), 248. Retrieved September 3, 2011, from Research Library. (Document ID: 1862495).

A free virtual symposium!

This free virtual symposium is an example of social change and involves learning in which learning theory?

How does this contrast with what Tyack & Cuban are saying in Tinkering Toward Utopia?

Is there a school district out there that hasn't see this? It should be required viewing for all in education.

Yup, the one where I work.