How to Have Successful Schools What Parents and Teachers Need to Know to Improve Children's Learning

Parents and teachers, working together, must assume the authority and responsibility for determining educational policies and practices in order to improve children's learning and personal-social competence. This book describes what steps must be taken in order to make schools places where children are safe, secure, happy, and able to learn what they need to succeed in our society. Forty-seven specific and comprehensive proposals for change are presented and discussed. These innovative proposals address coordinated changes that must take place in public education, teacher preparation programs, and in the governance of the educational system at the state and local levels. Contents: Introduction and Overview; The Current Condition of Education: Public Education; The Condition of Education: Teacher and Administrator Preparation; Why We Don't Have Successful Schools; Development of a Continuing Educational Improvement Process; Characteristics of a Successful School; Changes Required at the State Level; Changes Required at the Local Level; Changes Required at the University Level; What Parents and Teachers Must Do.