{"product_id":"maximum-impact-education-jack-e-oakes-9781475820072","title":"Maximum Impact Education: Six Strategies to Raise Student Achievement","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave high schools killed the American Dream? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross America 857 unmotivated and unskilled students drop out of school each hour of every school day. Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted. Solutions for this national disaster have eluded educators for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Maximum Impact Education, Jack Oakes recounts a step-by-step journey that engaged an entire city. Local community leaders are united to overcome such obstacles as economic challenges, a lack of understanding about the importance of culture, resistance to systemic reform, and civic apathy. Maximum Impact Education provides useful insights on the work needed to gradually overcome the silos that divide people in their communities as they struggle to rebuild relevant education-to-employment systems for America's rapidly changing labor market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack E. Oakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475820070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475820072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Jack E. Oakes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439310352639,"sku":"9781475820072","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9c3f946-789b-4dad-a81f-d8b4564e7e73.jpg?v=1777176832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maximum-impact-education-jack-e-oakes-9781475820072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}