{"product_id":"understanding-educational-reform-raymond-horn-9781576078082","title":"Understanding Educational Reform: A Reference Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe only handbook of its kind to bring together materials from a wide range of authoritative works, providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of reform in American education.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafted in ten skillfully written chapters, \u003ci\u003eEducational Reform\u003c\/i\u003e covers the history, politics, and processes of educational reform and addresses reforms in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Starting with a definition of educational reform and where its far-reaching results can lead, the work goes on to assess the role of the public in educational reform, the educational reform industry, and resistance to reform. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf interest to school boards and administrators and useful in graduate and undergraduate courses in education, it is written in a conversational tone that brings the subject out of the realm of dry analysis. Readers will benefit not only from the numerous case studies that intersperse the themes discussed, but also from the extensive bibliography of print and nonprint resources (including websites) listed for further study. There is little doubt that the classroom must change to meet the needs of the 21st century--read \u003ci\u003eEducational Reform\u003c\/i\u003e to learn just how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Horn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576078086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576078082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.16w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2003 pg. 1101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 121","brand":"Raymond Horn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153761186047,"sku":"9781576078082","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_137dc060-962d-4c7a-96b8-db2ac0bb9ce6.jpg?v=1770785651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-educational-reform-raymond-horn-9781576078082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}