Only Connect: The Way To Save Our Schools [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Crew, Rudy, Dr.; Dyja, Thomas

Published by Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007

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As new condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Acknowledgments and A Note About the Author. "This is about your kids - our kids - and the schools they go to. What - and how -are they learning there? Are the schools helping our children to succeed? This is about the question on all of our minds: Will our sons and daughters be able to take on the challenges of today's global economy? It's time for us to get smart about how we make our kids smart. The American public school system needs work. Our graduates should be the best and brightest in the world. But right now, we're lagging behind. So let's attack the problem at the root and repair the cracks in our educational system that have spread for too long. Award-winning educator Dr. Rudy Crew heads up one of the nation's largest school systems and is responsible for reforming educational programs in major urban centers across the country. Only Connect is his inspiring plan for reinvigorating public education in America. Making that happen requires everyone to take a stand: Parents, you've got to demand more from your children, their schools, and yourselves. Businesspeople, it's time to start investing in our communities by training capable young people to lead this country in the twenty-first century. School administrators, you've got to do more to encourage your communities to participate in their children's education. Legislators of the federal government, you need to create rules and regulations that promote both equity and quality in our public schools. Let's put our schools at the center of our communities and connect our best selves to them; whether we are parents or teachers, businesspeople or artists, we'll all be able to make a difference. Shaping our children into responsible, contributing citizens - that's what we'll have to do in order to make sure our kids will be able to navigate the economic realities of what Thomas L. Friedman has called a flat world. Our children face a demanding future. But if we can teach them to connect to the world in every way possible, they - and our nation - will thrive." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "Only Connect is a must-read for anyone who cares about our common future." - Paul D. Houston, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators. Seller Inventory # 003526

Bibliographic Details

Title: Only Connect: The Way To Save Our Schools [...

Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition