{"product_id":"u-s-education-is-in-trouble-lets-fix-it-9781475872477","title":"U.S. Education is in Trouble Lets Fix It","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanges to Improve Schools is a book about educational reform. Richard Garrett has spent ten years researching the U.S. K-12 system to find things in need of improvements. The book has 17 chapters that cover a wide range of topics such as the performance of American students, classroom discipline, and apprehensions younger graduates face when deciding to pursue educational fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Garrett's proposals to reform public education are data-driven and supported by the testimony of public-school teachers, administrators, education scholars, and experts in the field. There is no doubt that the system needs reform in many ways. Garrett's book exposes the root causes of its failures and provides 22 workable solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jeff Rasley, Author of multiple books and President, Scientech Foundation of Indiana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Garrett presents a blueprint of 22 workable pillars that might be able to hold up America's, top-heavy, and collapsing educational structure. These twenty-two pillars are reinforced by scholars, teachers, and common sense. Policymakers should read Garrett's blueprint, and enact his advice, before the collapse gets any worse. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Chris Edwards, Ed.D, current high school teacher and author of \"Self-Taught, Moving from a Seat-Time Model to a Mastery-Learning Model.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Does the U.S. Have National Goals? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2US Students Are Not as Good as We Think \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 When Did Things Begin to Go Bad? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Teachers, The Vital Ingredient \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 220 Precious Minutes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Discipline Issues Are a Major Problem \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7The Success Equation for Children \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8How Should Schools Be Organized? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9Learning to Read \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10When Should Formal Education Begin? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11Who’s Going to Fix It? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Legal Issues - The Threat of Lawsuits Weighs Heavy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13Labor Unions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14The Massachusetts Miracle and the Maryland Commission \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Overhead, A Constant Threat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16National Impact\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 What Changes Must be Made to Reform the System? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 Introduction to Website \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040377831767,"sku":"9781475872477","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475872477.jpg?v=1750946553","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/u-s-education-is-in-trouble-lets-fix-it-9781475872477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}