Education's Missing Ingredient: What Parents Can Tell EducatorsThis book takes on the issues of our failures from the dangers associated with a lack of classroom discipline to the failings of the people to recognize and defend their schools from an overstepping federal government. This book clarifies the answers to our education system's woes and our republic's flickering success. For more information about the author, please visit www.amissingingredient.com |
Contents
| 1 | |
Reading Writing and Arithmetic | 11 |
Chapter 03 Wheres the Science | 21 |
Chapter 04 Along Came No Child Left Behind | 29 |
Chapter 05 What is the Problem? | 41 |
Chapter 06 We Have the Answers | 57 |
Chapter 07 Whats Next | 99 |
Chapter 08 Democracy and Education | 117 |
Reflections | 121 |
Bibliography | 129 |
Noteworthy People | 131 |
Organizations with the Potential to Help Schools Become Better | 141 |
About the Author | 151 |
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Education's Missing Ingredient: What Parents Can Tell Educators Victoria M. Young Limited preview - 2009 |
Education's Missing Ingredient: What Parents Can Tell Educators Victoria M. Young No preview available - 2009 |
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