{"product_id":"theres-an-elephant-in-our-kenneth-a-scott-9780578802817","title":"There's an Elephant in Our School","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs there an Elephant in your school? The belief of those in positions of power that they can improve student achievement with the stroke of a pen constitutes the pathway by which herds of elephants find their way into our local boardrooms, district offices, and classrooms. Elephants represent the programs and priorities initiated by education administrators to increase student achievement and graduation rates in response to such dictates. Such initiatives often seem counter to what teachers know to be in the best long-term interest of their students. While an Elephant can represent any number of such short-sighted initiatives, \"The Elephant in our School\" really represents the culture that has emerged within our schools where critical skills such as effective communication, collaboration, work-ethic and creativity take a back seat to easily measured and increasingly irrelevant short-term measures of student performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth A. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578802813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578802817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Kenneth A. Scott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799352488191,"sku":"9780578802817","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theres-an-elephant-in-our-kenneth-a-scott-9780578802817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}