{"product_id":"chasing-success-and-confronting-failure-larry-cuban-9781682534540","title":"Chasing Success and Confronting Failure in American Public Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eEminent historian and educator Larry Cuban provides a thorough examination of, and challenge to, past and present definitions of what constitutes educational success in the US. \u003c\/b\u003eCuban argues that in the history of American education, standards of achievement and inadequacy--as well as the reform efforts issuing from them--have been neither stable nor consistent.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNor are these standards untainted by political considerations. Rather, schools thrive or decline based on a variety of factors, including social and political dynamics, leadership in school districts and communities, and policy improvisations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChasing Success and Confronting Failure in American Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e features profiles of two California high schools, Social Justice Humanitas Academy and MetWest, that are grappling with what it means to be successful (or failing) in the current moment. Each school is expanding conventional views of achievement beyond standard measures, such as test scores, graduation rates, and college admissions. But even as these schools' missions, sense of community, and curricula create an innovative form of success, both remain bound by traditional criteria set forth by district policymakers, practitioners, and parents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough his exemplary research, Cuban illustrates how school reform is propelled by, and subject to, changing social and political fortunes. He maintains that this understanding offers educators an opportunity to re-envision school performance against an American value system that too often rewards individual merit and competitive capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Cuban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682534545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682534540\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 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Larry Cuban","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988884979967,"sku":"9781682534540","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_447ada9b-9f26-422e-a550-e0e8c77c028d.jpg?v=1683296916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-success-and-confronting-failure-larry-cuban-9781682534540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}