{"product_id":"beyond-standards-morgan-polikoff-9781682536117","title":"Beyond Standards: The Fragmentation of Education Governance and the Promise of Curriculum Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Standards\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the structural conditions that have undermined the success of the standards movement and challenges us to confront them.\u003c\/b\u003e The book offers an impassioned argument about the ways that our decentralized educational systems undermine the pursuit of educational equity and excellence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Morgan Polikoff applies a wide array of quantitative and qualitative data to provide a pointed critique of the US educational system. He addresses why standards have failed, whether standards-based reform can be salvaged, and what we can do to improve teaching and learning at scale across America's thirteen thousand school districts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polikoff argues that no amount of tinkering can fix standards. Rather, we need to tackle the big, structural issues, such as decentralization. The author identifies curriculum reform as a high-leverage strategy for making meaningful progress at scale and emphasizes that states need to play a greater role in evaluating and recommending high-quality curriculum materials. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Standards\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new, progressive vision that emphasizes the central role of states in challenging the antiquated, segregating structures that have thwarted educational improvement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Polikoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682536114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682536117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022","brand":"Morgan Polikoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048672293119,"sku":"9781682536117","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5aa399e8-111a-4a24-88a7-103aef06dd15.jpg?v=1684997144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-standards-morgan-polikoff-9781682536117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}