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- catalog abstract "What happens when the rhetoric of school reform meets the realities of school change? In this book, teacher James Nehring offers a down-to-earth, very personal, often funny account of what life is like in a middle-class, suburban high school where teachers, students, and administrators struggle against school bureaucracy, inertia, and the difficulty of change. Nehring's story unfolds at the fictional Amesley Junior-Senior High School, where for two years he and his. Colleagues wrestle with issues of school reform. Amesley High's new principal, Roberta Walters, talks a good line about restructuring, shared decision-making, and collegiality, only to find her enthusiasm quickly overwhelmed by the realities of collective bargaining, state mandates, and entrenched cynicism. Enter Mr. Nehring - the idealistic crusader and social studies teacher who wants change in the worst way. He and like-minded colleagues make numerous attempts to. Break through institutional barriers. They devise a promising team-teaching project, a United Nations simulation, and, ultimately, a scheme for an experimental high school. All of these are obstructed by one or more constituencies (unions, administrators, parents, board members, kids), each of which has just enough power to veto anything that threatens its turf. Through stories that inform as well as entertain, Nehring gives an up-close and realistic view of what happens. When research-driven models for school reform meet the very messy, human reality of school. Anyone serious about bringing real improvement to real schools should read this book because it is about people. And, ultimately, people - not models, systems, or theories - will bring change to America's schools.".
- catalog contributor b3810551.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Break through institutional barriers. They devise a promising team-teaching project, a United Nations simulation, and, ultimately, a scheme for an experimental high school. All of these are obstructed by one or more constituencies (unions, administrators, parents, board members, kids), each of which has just enough power to veto anything that threatens its turf. Through stories that inform as well as entertain, Nehring gives an up-close and realistic view of what happens.".
- catalog description "Colleagues wrestle with issues of school reform. Amesley High's new principal, Roberta Walters, talks a good line about restructuring, shared decision-making, and collegiality, only to find her enthusiasm quickly overwhelmed by the realities of collective bargaining, state mandates, and entrenched cynicism. Enter Mr. Nehring - the idealistic crusader and social studies teacher who wants change in the worst way. He and like-minded colleagues make numerous attempts to.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "What happens when the rhetoric of school reform meets the realities of school change? In this book, teacher James Nehring offers a down-to-earth, very personal, often funny account of what life is like in a middle-class, suburban high school where teachers, students, and administrators struggle against school bureaucracy, inertia, and the difficulty of change. Nehring's story unfolds at the fictional Amesley Junior-Senior High School, where for two years he and his.".
- catalog description "When research-driven models for school reform meet the very messy, human reality of school. Anyone serious about bringing real improvement to real schools should read this book because it is about people. And, ultimately, people - not models, systems, or theories - will bring change to America's schools.".
- catalog description "Who's accountable here anyway? -- It's a great plan, but it'll never work -- If you stand up, you will get shot -- No more gurus -- The team thing debacle -- Bring on the revolution -- Signing out -- What I did on my summer vacation.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 176 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Schools we have, the schools we want.".
- catalog identifier "1555424570 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Schools we have, the schools we want.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Jossey-Bass education series".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass,".
- catalog relation "Schools we have, the schools we want.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "373.11/02/0973 20".
- catalog subject "High school students United States.".
- catalog subject "High school teaching United States.".
- catalog subject "LB1737.U6 N43 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Who's accountable here anyway? -- It's a great plan, but it'll never work -- If you stand up, you will get shot -- No more gurus -- The team thing debacle -- Bring on the revolution -- Signing out -- What I did on my summer vacation.".
- catalog title "The schools we have, the schools we want : an American teacher on the front line / James Nehring.".
- catalog type "text".