While there are
lots of books about education that propose to change what you
do in classrooms and schools, here's one that promises to transform
how you think.
Drawing from 35 years of taking
on tough schools with disadvantaged kids and achieving the kind
of progress that many thought "couldn't be done", Dennis
Littky explains the principles and rationale of a model for schooling
that gives students what they need most. Discover how a philosophy
of personalized learning--one student at a time--is the key to
creating schools where motivated students are engaged in a meaningful
curriculum, and academic progress is measured against real-world
standards.
Vivid stories of real students
and Littky's penetrating insight will reenergize your approach
to issues that are at the very essence of teaching and learning,
including
What are the real goals
of education?
Why are so many students
failing or just going through the motions?
How can schools be designed
to ensure that students acquire what they need to live fulfilled
and productive lives?
(ASCD Premium, Comprehensive, Regular Member book, 2004)
7" x 9", 230 pages.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Praise for The Big Picture:
"In these pages you will find an account of a remarkable,
unconventional education reform movement, and the philosophy of
a charismatic and tough-minded progressive. Dennis Littky is American
education's most persuasive provocateur, pushing ideas that are
exactly what is needed in these troubled times."
-- Theodore
Sizer, founder and chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools
"In the face of new competitive
threats, America will thrive economically only if our education
system takes a 180-degree turn. Sometimes I think only Dennis
Littky knows exactly what needs to be done. He shares it in this
book."
-- Tom Peters,
author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best
Run Companies
