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Questioning assumptions, considering evidence, creating solutions: AISR looks at Ron Wolk’s new book
- 06-13-2011
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Commentary by Marla Ucelli-Kashyap/Annenberg Institute for School Reform
As the founder and former editor of Education Week, Ronald A. Wolk has had an excellent vantage point to view the modern American “school reform” movement for the past three decades of its existence. Perhaps that's why his new book, Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do About It, is such engaging and important reading. Wasting Minds argues that most current school reform efforts are based on a set of flawed assumptions. As a result, these reforms are driving the U.S. public education system in the wrong direction — away from, rather than toward, both excellence and equity. Among the ten flawed assumptions the book identifies and debunks: (more...)
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