The Future of the American School System

Irving H. Buchen projects the future of public education for the next 25 years as he identifies and examines the major drivers of change, profiles all the critical educational constituencies, and offers a number of common sense solutions to current and subsequent problems.

Irving H. Buchen is vice president of academic affairs at Aspen University and a member of the doctoral faculty at Capella University, both distance education institutions.

Preface

vi

Part One: The Past, the Present, and the Future

1

(24)

1 The Record of the Past

2

(7)

2 The Laws of the Future

9

(6)

3 The System of Systems

15

(10)

Part Two: Teachers as Major Players

25

(48)

4 Hiring Teachers

26

(7)

5 The Teacher Culture

33

(15)

6 The Economics of Education 101

48

(9)

7 Money and Teachers

57

(8)

8 Teachers and Technology

65

(8)

Part Three: Educational Administrators as Major Players

73

(50)

9 Leadership Expectations and Job Descriptions

74

(7)

10 Survival Skills for New Principals

81

(2)

11 Principals as Instructional Leaders

83

(6)

12 Models of Integrative Leadership

89

(8)

13 The Principal as Plato

97

(8)

14 The Principal as CLO (Chief Learning Officer)

105

(4)

15 The Principal as Broker

109

(5)

16 The Principal as Outsourcer: Economically Driven School Reform

114

(9)

Part Four: Parents as Major Players

123

(18)

17 Parents and Educational Change

124

(13)

18 Teacher-Parent Partnerships

137

(4)

Part Five: Students as Major Players

141

(14)

19 Parents and School Reform

142

(4)

20 The Student-Centered Curriculum

146

(9)

Part Six: Introduction to the Major Drivers of Change

155

(76)

21 The Impact of the Global Economy on Education and Work

156

(15)

22 Competition and School Choice

171

(16)

23 Accountable Accountability: Curing the Cure

187

(7)

24 Research-Based Learning

194

(7)

25 Optimizing Curricula

201

(16)

26 Turnaround: What Education Has to Offer Business

217

(4)

27 Accountability and Role Change: Persuading Lone Rangers to Be Team Players

221

(6)

28 The World Citizen: Facilitating a Future Global Identity for Students

227

(4)

Part Seven: Teacher Scenarios

231

(30)

29 A Major Change Takes Hold

232

(7)

30 "Who Is in Charge?"

239

(6)

31 The Teacher Leadership Collaborative: A Structural Scenario

245

(4)

32 TMs (Technology Managers)

249

(6)

33 The Future May Be in the Past: Creating a Universal Curriculum

255

(6)

Part Eight: Administrator Scenarios

261

(20)

34 The Principal and Strategic Conversations

262

(6)

35 The MBA Principal

268

(6)

36 Principals as Futurists

274

(7)

Part Nine: Parent Scenarios

281

(18)

37 The Coffee Network

282

(6)

38 The Educational Planning Clearinghouse

288

(5)

39 Electronic Partnerships

293

(6)

Part Ten: Student Scenarios

299

(14)

40 Tiny Tot Independent Learning

300

(3)

41 K-16

303

(6)

42 Small Is Better

309

(4)

Part Eleven: Solution Summaries

313

(16)

43 Open-Ended Conclusions

314

(15)

References

329

(4)

About the Author

333

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