Now educators, school board members, and policymakers can refer to a single volume for key lessons from the nation's most comprehensive and longest-running school reform model. Written by a nationally prominent group of educators, researchers, and policy analysts, All Children Can Learnpresents important research findings from the Kentucky reforms, examines major program elements, and analyzes initiatives that worked or didn't work. Throughout the book, the authors explore the challenges of implementing statewide school change initiatives, offer sound advice for overcoming reform hurdles, and share valuable recommendations for future policy and practice. Reform-minded educators from every type of community will find valuable insights as they contemplate similar changes.
Author(s): Roger S. Pankratz, Joseph M. Petrosko
Edition: 1
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 384
All Children Can Learn......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
The Editors......Page 14
The Contributors......Page 16
Introduction: An Ambitious Plan for Improving Schools......Page 22
PART ONE The Groundwork for Statewide Reform......Page 30
1. The Legal and Legislative Battles......Page 32
2. Resource Equity and Educational Adequacy......Page 50
3. A New Vision for Public Schooling......Page 67
4. A Legislator’s Viewpoint—“A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity”......Page 89
PART TWO Improving Student Learning......Page 94
5. Statewide Performance Assessment and School Accountability......Page 96
6. Linking Curriculum and Instruction to Performance Standards......Page 119
7. Challenges in Implementing Kentucky’s Primary School Program......Page 137
8. A Student’s Viewpoint—“You’ve Got to Learn to Work with People Above You and Below You”......Page 155
PART THREE Strengthening the Capacity of Educators......Page 160
9. Promoting the Professional Development of Teachers......Page 162
10. Improving Schools and School Leaders......Page 180
11. Setting Standards for Teachers and Teacher Education......Page 198
12. A Teacher’s Viewpoint—“We Don’t Have Any Answers”......Page 216
13. A School Leader’s Viewpoint—“I Didn’t Realize How Far-Reaching This One Would Be”......Page 221
PART FOUR Developing New Forms of Governance......Page 226
14. Educators and Parents as Partners in School Governance......Page 228
15. A New Mission for the Department of Education......Page 246
16. Engaging Parents and Citizens in School Reform......Page 265
17. A Parent’s Viewpoint—“It’s Going to Take a Whole Lot of People to Do It”......Page 284
Conclusion: Insights from a Decade of School Reform......Page 289
Index......Page 304
