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Title: Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform by David B. Tyack, Larry Cuban, David Tyack ISBN: 0-674-89283-6 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Brief Intro to Educational Reform in the US
Comment: Tinkering Toward Utopia is simply the best brief introduction to the history of educational reform in the US available. Anyone with a genuine interest in historical explanations of why grand schemes of school reform fail and why "crisis" is the way the US has tended to view its need for school reform, will be rewarded by this clearly written account. The book substitutes complex historical analysis for the usual simple-minded polemics of writing on education, but the authors do not weigh the book down with a lot of historical evidence and inpenetrable footnotes. I highly recommend this book for anyone who cares about the prospects of reforming public schools in the US.
Rating: 2
Summary: disappointed after reading this book
Comment: Just as someone said below, "Good book for a report but not for pleasure reading".
Rating: 2
Summary: Factual reading, but little else...
Comment: I read Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform for a presentation, but I wouldn't have purchased this book on my own initiative. The book is filled with facts and opinion polls, which only reveal the fickleness of the American public -- claiming that public schools are deplorable one year, and excellent the next. The authors inform the reader of what reforms didn't work, but offer few ideas of how to implement change. The book has potential, but falls unfavorably short of expectations.
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Title: Educational Administration: Theory, Research, and Practice by Wayne K. Hoy, Cecil G. Miskel ISBN: 0072322896 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua Pub. Date: 21 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $104.40 |
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Title: The One Best System: A History of American Urban Education by David B. Tyack ISBN: 0674637828 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1974 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Experience And Education by John Dewey ISBN: 0684838281 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Philosophical Documents in Education (2nd Edition) by Ronald F. Reed, Tony W. Johnson ISBN: 0801333164 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: 07 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $47.20 |
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Title: Interdisciplinary Instruction: A Practical Guide for Elementary and Middle School Teachers (2nd Edition) by Karlyn E. Wood ISBN: 0130144924 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 06 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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