Rethinking School Reform: Views from the Classroom. This item is unavailable.Rethinking School Reform: Views from the Classroom

Twenty-one practicing teachers and educational specialists explore the problems with school reform as currently defined, and what supporters of real reform can actually do to achieve it. Thirty-four essays examine critical teaching, anti-bias classroom practices, education policy and politics, standards and testing, and the challenges and possibilities of trying to promote positive change. Academic but accessible to general readers. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The editors of Rethinking School Reform, Linda Christensen and Stan Karp, are dedicated advocates for children and public schools. Christensen currently works as Language Arts Coordinator and Director of the Portland Writing Project for Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR. Stan Karp has taught English and journalism at JFK High School in Paterson, NJ, and currently serves as lead teacher of the school's Communications Academy and as a "whole school reform" facilitator.