Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 146
Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-1-4758-6598-1 • Paperback • May 2022 • $31.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-4758-6599-8 • eBook • April 2022 • $29.50 • (£25.00)
Eldon “Cap” Lee graduated from Eastern Michigan University and has been an advocate for fairness and equity in a dysfunctional system of education. As a teacher and administrator in Milwaukee Public Schools, his curiosity led to his developing an innovative school, The Milwaukee Village School. Realizing that the current system of education does not allow for innovation, he now advocates for the replacing of education’s failed system.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Exposing the Catastrophic Past
Chapter 2. Developing A Pathway to Success
Chapter 3. Eluding the Failed Policies of the Past
Chapter 4. Exploring The World Beyond the Classroom
Chapter 5. Quashing The Testing Obsession
Chapter 6. Straight Talk
Chapter 7. Help Is on The Way
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Having taught under this philosophy and now as a school board member, this book nails it! Cap Lee has said out loud what many of us have been thinking. More importantly, he offers commonsense solutions to the problems that have plagued educators for many years. If you are an educator or are connected to education in any way, then this book is a must-read.
— Doris Black, retired teacher and school board member, Jackson, Tennessee
Music was the glue that held everything else in my academic life together. I was unchallenged and thus uninterested in the traditional subjects, but music gave me life and purpose. In this book, Cap Lee describes how to connect with all students in a manner unique to their interests.
— Cal Adams, musician and songwriter, Pompano Beach, Florida
In his new book, A Failed System: Pandemic-Related Solutions to a 200-Year-Old Education Crisis, Cap Lee shares a plethora of information and solutions for creating integrous, equitable, and authentic learning for students in our public schools. Thank you, Cap Lee.
— Mak Ka, educator and advocate