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050 00 $aLA217.2$b.H484 2017
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100 1 $aHess, Frederick M.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aLetters to a young education reformer /$cFrederick M. Hess.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bHarvard Education Press,$c[2017]
300 $axvi, 168 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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490 1 $aEducational innovations series
520 $aThe book is in the form of a series of letters to a young education reformer, offering insights of various aspects of reform. --$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOf "big-r" and "little-r" school reform -- Talkers and doers -- The value in talking with those who disagree -- The limits of policy -- Why you shouldn't put too much faith in experts -- A letter to a younger me -- The handshake between families and schools -- The thing about data -- The temptations of bureaucracy -- What research can really tell us -- The common core's uncommon travails -- The false promise of court-driven reform -- The real promise of school choice -- Getting technology right -- Philanthropy and its discontents -- Beware the media glare -- Of school reform left and right -- What parenthood taught me about school reform -- Why history matters -- Finding your way -- The perils of passion -- A few final thoughts.
520 $aIn Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess distills knowledge from twenty-five years of working in and around school reform. Inspired by his conversations with young, would-be reformers who are passionate about transforming education, the book offers a window into Hess's thinking about what education reform is and should be -- Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aEducational change$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducational innovations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducation and state$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSchool management and organization$zUnited States.
830 0 $aEducational innovations.
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