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Book SynopsisThis book answers the questions on what must be done to meet the educational goals required to maintain our democratic form of government, provide the knowledge and skills required for our free enterprise system, and to give each individual, as Lincoln said, an unfettered start and fair change in the race of life. The old cliché, outside the box, represents major changes and needed re-imagination of what education in our country must do to remain viable. No one has a magic wand to make such improvements just happen. What is needed is revolutionary program interventions that result in what all thinking citizens in America seek, a public school education program that is the best of all worlds.
Trade ReviewCreating an educational system that enables every young person growing up in the United States of America to become a well-adjusted, productive, safe and fulfilled citizen should—no MUST—be the focal point of every politician, business person, parent, spiritual leader and educator concerned about the future of our country, as well as we have heard may times over, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Consequently, Scott Norton’s challenge to re-imagine (educating our youth) ‘outside the proverbial box’ represents a challenge to all of us to prepare America’s most prized and precious natural resource, its youth, for a rapidly changing, for all practical purposes, unknown future. Education as the Best of All World, takes the reader down new and untried pathways toward identifying, developing and implementing the tools, techniques and resources needed to equip our youth for that future. Norton’s unique writing style ensures this work as one that bypasses the usual educational jargon while at the same time holds the reader’s interest in each chapter. -- Larry K. Kelly, Ed.D., author, educator, international consultant
From the opening pages of the book, Making Education in America the Best of All Worlds, Dr. Scott Norton centers on the re-imagining of America’s educational system. From the outset, he carefully uncovers and discusses both the expressed successes and failures of education that have been set forth historically in the literature. The crucial need for major re-thinking of teacher and administrator preparation programs, school programming that effectively responds to the growing culture and social issues facing the nation, and the community’s collaborative involvement in the development of policy and practices is interestingly presented. The special features of the book include primary chapter goals, participative questions and quizzes, case studies and specific recommendations that keep the reader totally engaged in the “new thinking” of the discussions. This book is not just another reform book for it focuses on the re-imagining of new and challenging ways for making education in America truly the best of all worlds. -- Barry L. Fritch, M.Ed, educator, principal/learning leader, Broadmor Elementary School, Tempe, Arizona
Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Public School Education in America: Patchwork or a Complete Makeover? Chapter 2: Re-Imagining the Failing Factors of Public School Education Chapter 3: Social Issues and the Importance of Public Education for Dealing with Them Chapter 4: Public School Education as the Best of All Worlds About the Author
