It's the Classroom, Stupid A Plan to Save

This book presents a bold, unconventional plan to rescue our nation's schoolchildren from a failing public education system. The plan reflects the author's rare fusion of on-the-ground experience as school board member, public administrator and political activist and exhaustive policy research.

Kalman R. Hettleman has had a notable career on the frontlines of urban policy and politics, including service as a member of the school board and as deputy mayor for education and other social programs in Baltimore. He is also a nationally acclaimed education policy analyst.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
A New Lesson Plan	p. 3
The Uncertainty Principle	p. 15
Bedrock Barriers to Reform	p. 29
It's the Classroom, Stupid	p. 31
Which Children Get Left Behind?	p. 37
Child Victims of Ideological Warfare	p. 45
Who's to Blame?	p. 55
A Nation at Risk, and at Fault	p. 57
Educators Are Their Own Worst Enemies	p. 67
A New Education Federalism	p. 87
The Folly of Local Control	p. 89
A Federal Takeover	p. 97
Mayors In, School Boards Out	p. 127
Better Weapons of Mass Instruction	p. 137
Below the Radar	p. 139
A New Breed of Management Leaders	p. 149
Interim Report Card	p. 169
Turnarounds or Merry-Go-Rounds?	p. 171
The Audacity of Hope for All Schoolchildren	p. 193
About the Author	p. 203
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It's the Classroom, Stupid A Plan to Save America's Schoolchildren

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