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Wake-Up Call for Schools
Patricia A. Parrish
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Description for Wake-Up Call for Schools
Hardback. This book provides onsite observations, research-based premises, and quantitative recommendations for a step-by-step realignment of the focus of public education-education of each student for contributory productivity in the international marketplace of the twenty-first century Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
In the United States, 30 percent of students drop out of school prior to graduation. Unrest is evidenced as stakeholders in education wrestle concurrently with financial restraints, changing student demographics, and escalating accountability expectations for achievement. Patricia Anne Duncan Parrish's more than three decades of training and experience in schools in this nation have resulted in onsite observations, research-based premises, and quantitative recommendations for a step-by-step realignment of the focus of public education—the education of each student for contributory productivity in the international marketplace of the twenty-first century. The reader of A Wake Up Call for Schools reaps definitive ... Read more
In the United States, 30 percent of students drop out of school prior to graduation. Unrest is evidenced as stakeholders in education wrestle concurrently with financial restraints, changing student demographics, and escalating accountability expectations for achievement. Patricia Anne Duncan Parrish's more than three decades of training and experience in schools in this nation have resulted in onsite observations, research-based premises, and quantitative recommendations for a step-by-step realignment of the focus of public education—the education of each student for contributory productivity in the international marketplace of the twenty-first century. The reader of A Wake Up Call for Schools reaps definitive ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781607097044
SKU
V9781607097044
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About Patricia A. Parrish
Patricia Anne Duncan Parrish, EdD, has been active in K-12 public education more than thirty years in instructional, diagnostic, and central office administrative positions in New York and Texas and in instructional positions in postsecondary education in Texas. Parrish maintains membership in multiples of professional organizations, including Phi Delta Kappa, an international professional association for educators. She is an Alumni ... Read more
Reviews for Wake-Up Call for Schools
A Wake Up Call for Schools: A New Order in Public Education is an inspirational call to action. It prompts the educational community to more intentionally and proactively act upon a core value that underlies the United States educational system that all children can succeed in school and life. It fits well with the emphasis in current educational policy reform ... Read more