Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press September 1996, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Paperback. Condición: As New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES From Publishers Weekly According to Murnane, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Levy, professor of urban economics at MIT, schools are failing because they are not teaching children the "new basic skills" that must be mastered to earn a middle-class income. Those skills are defined by the authors as "hard" skills such as math and reading, "soft" skills including the ability to work in groups and make presentations and, finally, the ability to use personal computers. The authors argue that the best way to teach these skills is for schools to retrain their teachers by adopting principles used by businesses to motivate their managers. Although the authors' lengthy explanations of those principles have some interesting points, Murnane and Levy are occasionally unclear about how to apply them. They also make the controversial assumption that schools are for training students to earn a living, and they do not address the complexities of a shrinking job market. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Ed Richardson State Superintendent of Education, Alabama As an educator in the midst of educational reform, I especially enjoyed your fifth principle of perseverance and the lack of a "magic bullet".Thorough and common sense books like yours will assist us in our efforts.
Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Pr, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed radically. The skills taught in most U.S. schools have not. Today the average 30-year-old person with a high school diploma earns $20,200, and the nation faces a future of growing inequality and division. Teaching the New Basic Skills shows how to avoid such a future. By telling stories of real people in real businesses and real schools, the book shows the skills students need to get decent jobs and how schools can change to teach those skills. Richard Murnane and Frank Levy begin by describing the hiring processes of best practice firms like Northwestern Mutual Life and Honda of America. In today's competitive economy, these firms search for applicants with the New Basic Skills -- the mix of hard and soft skills that all high-wage employers now require. Murnane and Levy then shift their analysis to schools, asking how they can more effectively teach these New Basic Skills. By using case studies the authors show that popular school reform proposals -- higher standards, school choice, national standards, charter schools, more money -- can only be the first half of a solution to the nation's school problem. When they work as advertised, they force a school to change the way it does business. But each of these reforms needs a second half, a strategy for guiding schools toward the changes that raise student skills. The authors show how that strategy rests on five management principles that focus a school on student achievement. These principles grow out of the experiences of real schools doing the dirty work of educational reform: an elementary school in East Austin, Texas organizing low-income Hispanic parents around higher educational performance, an affluent New England community retraining its teachers, the state of Vermont devising new ways to measure the math skills employers require, a Boston high school creating incentives for low-income minority students to devote more time and attention to schoolwork. Superintendents, governors and business leaders agree on the importance of this book as evidenced in the forewords by Robert Galvin, Chairman of Motorola, and Thomas Payzant, school superintendent of Boston. For those who care about the success of U.S. schools, Teaching the New Basic Skills is an optimistic guide to the future and a must read. This is not a magic bullet, school reform book. It's a real plan, for real progress. Drawing on the work of real teachers, parents and administrators, this book provides a blueprint for turning our schools around--from the retraining of teachers to the developemtn of measures that will accurately chart student progress in the development of their new abilities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Free Pr, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 250 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
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Publicado por Free Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Best Price, Torrance, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. New.
Publicado por Atria Books Sep 1996, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed radically. The skills taught in most U.S. schools have not. Today the average 30-year-old person with a high school diploma earns $20,200, and the nation faces a future of growing inequality and division. Teaching the New Basic Skills shows how to avoid such a future. By telling stories of real people in real businesses and real schools, the book shows the skills students need to get decent jobs and how schools can change to teach those skills.Richard Murnane and Frank Levy begin by describing the hiring processes of best practice firms like Northwestern Mutual Life and Honda of America. In today's competitive economy, these firms search for applicants with the New Basic Skills -- the mix of hard and soft skills that all high-wage employers now require. Murnane and Levy then shift their analysis to schools, asking how they can more effectively teach these New Basic Skills. By using case studies the authors show that popular school reform proposals -- higher standards, school choice, national standards, charter schools, more money -- can only be the first half of a solution to the nation's school problem. When they work as advertised, they force a school to change the way it does business. But each of these reforms needs a second half, a strategy for guiding schools toward the changes that raise student skills.The authors show how that strategy rests on five management principles that focus a school on student achievement. These principles grow out of the experiences of real schools doing the dirty work of educational reform: an elementary school in East Austin, Texas organizing low-income Hispanic parents around higher educational performance, an affluent New England community retraining its teachers, the state of Vermont devising new ways to measure the math skills employers require, a Boston high school creating incentives for low-income minority students to devote more time and attention to schoolwork.Superintendents, governors and business leaders agree on the importance of this book as evidenced in the forewords by Robert Galvin, Chairman of Motorola, and Thomas Payzant, school superintendent of Boston. For those who care about the success of U.S. schools, Teaching the New Basic Skills is an optimistic guide to the future and a must read.
Publicado por FREE PR, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: moluna, Greven, Alemania
Condición: New. Über den AutorrnrnRichard J. Murnane is a Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Frank Levy is the Daniel Rose Professor of Urban Economics at MIT. Both authors live in Newton, Massachusetts.Inhalts.
Publicado por Simon Schuster, 1996
ISBN 10: 0684827395 ISBN 13: 9780684827391
Librería: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgica
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Teaching The New Basic Skills by Miguel Levy. Published by Simon Schuster in 1996. Hardcover ISBN:9780684827391. Collectible item in very fine condition.