R&L Education
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978-1-4758-0866-7 • Hardback • March 2014 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
978-1-4758-0867-4 • Paperback • March 2014 • $62.00 • (£48.00)
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Keen Babbage has thirty years of experience as a teacher and as a school administrator. He has written sixteen other books about education.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Real Progress vs. Do No Harm vs. Make Matters Worse
Chapter 2 – Educators and Educrats
Chapter 3 – Real Improvement vs. Failed Reform
Chapter 4 – PD: Professional Development or Pointless Distractions
Chapter 5 – Teachers: Listen to Them and Let Them Teach
Chapter 6 – School Administrators: Aggressively Listen and Then Lead Based on Awareness
Chapter 7 – Individualizing Achievement Gaps
Chapter 8 – The Future of School: A Place for Learning or a Multi-Services Center
Chapter 9 – Future Fact or Future Fiction
Epilogue – Survival is Not Good Enough
About the Author
In order for our schools to survive, do we borrow ideas from the medical profession, the business community, or from within our existing educational structure? In his search for answers, Dr. Babbage takes a unique look and presents an interesting perspective on just what it will take for our schools to "cause learning"! Above all else, Dr. Babbage's latest work WILL make you THINK!
— Jim Thomas, retired principal, Bryan Station Middle School, Lexington, Kentucky