Smart Schools, Smart Kids Why Do Some Schools Work?

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 how they work, the problems they have encountered, and the results they have achieved. 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. It is a book that is sure to be warmly welcomed by parents, teachers, administrators, and public officials alike who want to improve education for their own and for all of America's children. This nation can no longer afford to wait for change: Smart Schools, Smart Kids will make a real difference now. Book jacket.

Edward B. Fiske, formerly the Education Editor of The New York Times, is now a Visiting Scholar at the School of Education, Stanford University, and Consultant to the Pew Forum on Education/Reform. He frequently appears on "Good Morning America." Sally Reed and R. Craig Sautter are award-winning education writers and editors.