Straitjacket: How Overregulation Stifles Creativity and Innovation in Education

by George Goens and Philip Streifer

Book Overview

The straitjacket of centralized control and coercive approaches to the problems that public education is facing is not the solution, but actually is part of the problem. And where achievement is lower than desired this book brings attention to the root cause - lack of student preparation so that more resources can be put into catching these kids up, rather than into more tests, more curriculum development, and more administrative staff needed to comply...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475805667
• ISBN13: 9781475805666
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"