Same Thing Over and Over: How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday's Ideas

by Frederick M. Hess

Book Overview

In this genial and challenging overview of endless debates over school reform, Rick Hess shows that even bitter opponents in debates about how to improve schools agree on much more than they realize--and that much of it must change radically. Cutting through the tangled thickets of right- and left-wing dogma, he clears the ground for transformation of the American school system.

Whatever they think of school vouchers or charter schools,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055829
• ISBN13: 9780674055827
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.4"