Smart Schools, Smart Kids: Why Do Some Schools Work?

by Edward Fiske, Jane Mallison, Dave Hatcher, and Edward B. Fiske

Book Overview

Innovative reformers are transforming every aspect of the "nineteenth-century factory-model school" into a new kind of public school capable of educating kids for twenty-first century challenges. Smart Schools, Smart Kids shows how.

A revolution in education is sweeping across America. Smart Schools, Smart Kids takes readers into dozens of pioneering schools across the country to describe successful programs and the results...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671792121
• ISBN13: 9780671792121
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Thought provoking information on why schools work, or do not

Edward Fiske has distilled some of the information about a movement in education which could make the public school system a viable institution for all children. Without change in our schools, there is a serious question of whether they will provide the needed training to make our children readily employable in the global economy, and the changes discussed in this book might well be a beginning for a new type of school that will allow children to succeed in life, rather than just put in time until "graduation" from high school. I would highly recommend the book for anyone interested in working toward change from outdated educational methods to a different approach to teaching and learning which could offer real hope for making our schools a more positive factor in shaping children's lives.