Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Charles K. Stallard is a graduate of the University of Virginia and East Tennessee State University. His career as teacher, professor, and college and public School administrator span forty years during which he has consulted with governments, the U.S. Military, and hardware and software companies around the world.
Julie Cocker is a graduate of Virginia Tech and specializes in remedial education for low achieving and students with behavioral problems.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Where Are We?
Chapter I: Fourteen Years Later: Trends and Ruts In Technology Integration
Chapter 2: K-12 and Higher Education Selected Uses of IT Today
Chapter 3: Schooling: What Is the Business of Education?
Chapter 4: How Bad Is the Failure of American Schools?
Chapter 5: Are Failing Schools the Only Cause of Low Student Achievement?
Part II: How Did We Get Here
Chapter 6: Why Schools Fail To Integrate Technology Effectively
Chapter 7: Professional vs Bureaucratic Approaches to Change
Chapter 8: Degradation as Impediment To Improvement
Part III: Creating a New Profession of Education
Chapter 9: A New Beginning Needs Consensus
Chapter 10: Using IT to Personalize Education
Chapter 11: Foundation for a Learning Society
Chapter 12: Moving Beyond Bureaucracy
Chapter 13: Revolutionizing the Early Years of Learning
Chapter 14: Epilogue
Index