{"product_id":"inside-todays-elementary-schools-james-j-dillon-9783030233464","title":"Inside Today's Elementary Schools: A Psychologist's Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003e​Part I: Shortsighted Vision \u0026amp; Lopsided Staffing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: The House on Sleepy Hollow Road\u003c\/b\u003eBridges and PotholesHow the Book Is Organized\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: So Many Girls...So Few Princes\u003c\/b\u003eSome Negative Effects of the Gender Staffing ImbalanceWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: When Am I Ever Going to Use Any of This?\u003c\/b\u003eAdventure and High PurposeThe Romantic ChildLessons from Harry PotterIndustry vs. InferiorityThe Zombie ApocalypseWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: And Then God Made School Boards\u003c\/b\u003eThe AdministrationTotal Management MentalityAdversarial PostureWho Becomes an Administrator?Toxic CultureThe Good OnesWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: the Bottom of the Barrel?\u003c\/b\u003eWomen's Work: The MotherDrill and Kill: The SergeantJust Tell Me What to Do: the SheepThe Easiest Major: The UnderachieverTeacher Training, Where It All BeginsWhy \u003ci\u003eShould \u003c\/i\u003eWe Teach Anyway?What You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: What to Do about These Four Things\u003c\/b\u003eOur Vision of Teachers and SchoolsPersonnel Reform\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Wall of Separation, Administrative Bloat, and Boundless Accommodation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: Platonic Curriculum; Epicurean Society\u003c\/b\u003eWho Formulates the Standards?What Are Standards Designed to Do?What Is the Nature of the Standards?Five Basic Problems with Current Elementary StandardsThree Possible SolutionsWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: Just Wastin' Time\u003c\/b\u003eThe Different Kinds of Wasted TimeWhere Does the Time Go?Time-Off-TaskWhy Is So Much Time Lost?How Lost Time Negatively Impacts Teacher and StudentWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: No Child Left Behind?\u003c\/b\u003eA Brief History of Standardized TestsCommon CritiquesThe Real Reason Why NCLB Caused So Much TroubleLife after NCLBWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: I'm Five Teachers at Once!\u003c\/b\u003eWhat is Differentiated Instruction?A Sympathetic Critique of DILess Noble reasons for Using DIWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 11: The Incredible Bending School\u003c\/b\u003eReasonable Special Education and Non-Academic ServicesUnreasonable Special Education and Non-Academic ServicesPedagogical stressWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 12: Look Not to the Stars\u003c\/b\u003eA Picture of Contemporary Parental EngagementBarriers to Parental EngagementWhy Parental Engagement MattersWhat You Can Do\u003cb\u003eChapter 13: What to Do about These Six Things\u003c\/b\u003eWall of SeparationMultiplying Diversions\u003cb\u003ePart III: What to Do about All 10 Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14: A New Day?\u003c\/b\u003eDealing with FearSeeing Through IdeologyLetting Go of the Need to ControlConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James J. Dillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030233464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030233464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.57d","brand":"James J. Dillon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302359003391,"sku":"9783030233464","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a197205-fdc9-49db-a8f4-35e577f206b5.jpg?v=1695161072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inside-todays-elementary-schools-james-j-dillon-9783030233464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}