{"id":4209,"date":"2018-02-22T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:57:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:57:29","slug":"wanna-be-a-school-reformer-you-better-do-your-homework-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4209","title":{"rendered":"Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework! (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Originally appeared in <em>The Huffington Post<\/em> on 10\/19\/2010<\/p>\n<p>Shouldn\u2019t people bold enough to call themselves \u201cschool reformers\u201d be familiar with some of the literature on the subject?<\/p>\n<p>Most of the school leaders who signed last weekend\u2019s completely <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/wapo.st\/bRKp9C\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;discredited&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/wapo.st\/bRKp9C&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">discredited<\/a>\u201c<a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/wapo.st\/9pSUkp\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;manifesto&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/wapo.st\/9pSUkp&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">manifesto<\/a>,\u201d are unqualified to lead major urban school districts. Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein are not qualified to be a substitute teacher in their respective school districts. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan could not coach basketball in the Chicago Public Schools with his lack of credentials. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that they advocate schemes like Teach for America sending unprepared teachers into the toughest classrooms armed with a missionary zeal and programmed to believe they are there to rescue children from the incompetent teachers with whom they need to work.<strong> In public education today, unqualified is the new qualified.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/du53uN\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;celebration of inexperience and lack of preparation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/du53uN&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">celebration of inexperience and lack of preparation<\/a> is particularly disconcerting when it comes to education policy. When you allow billionaires, ideologues, pop singers and movie viewers to define reform, you get<strong> Reform&#x2122;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reform&#x2122;<\/strong> narrowly defines school improvement as children chanting, endless standardized testing preparation, teacher bashing and charter-based obedience schools who treat other people\u2019s children in ways that the rich folks behind <strong>Reform&#x2122;<\/strong> would never tolerate for children they love.<\/p>\n<p>If that were not bad enough, <strong>Reform&#x2122;<\/strong> advances a myth that there is only one way to create productive contexts for learning. It ignores the alternative models, expertise and school improvement literature all around us. Public education is too important to society to allow the ignorant to define the terms of debate. Great educators stand on the shoulders of giants and confront educational challenges with knowledge, passion and intensity when afforded the freedom to do so. There are a great many of us who know how to amplify the enormous potential for children, even if we are ignored by <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1421\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Oprah&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1421&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"0\">Oprah<\/a> or <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/du53uN\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;NBC News&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:5,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/du53uN&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"5\" data-v9y=\"0\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reading is important for children and adults alike. Therefore, I challenged myself to assemble an essential (admittedly subjective) reading list on school reform. The following books are appropriate for parents, teachers, administrators, politicians and plain old citizens committed to the ideal of sustaining a joyful, excellent and democratic public education for every child.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9kMkLa\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:6,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9kMkLa&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"6\" data-v9y=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/patri.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"119\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9kMkLa\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;A Schoolmaster of the Great City: A Progressive Education Pioneer\u2019s Vision for Urban Schools&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:7,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9kMkLa&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"7\" data-v9y=\"1\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">A Schoolmaster of the Great City: A Progressive Education Pioneer\u2019s Vision for Urban Schools<\/em><\/a>, school teacher and principal Angelo Patri identifies and solves every problem confronting public education. This feat is all the more remarkable when you learn that the book was published in 1917!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cRs8NP\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:8,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cRs8NP&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"8\" data-v9y=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/Sarason.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"114\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently deceased Yale psychologist Dr. Seymour Sarason published forty books on a wide range of education issues well into his eighties. A good place to start is <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cRs8NP\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Skeptical Visionary: A Seymour Sarason Reader&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:9,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cRs8NP&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"9\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Skeptical Visionary: A Seymour Sarason Reader<\/em><\/a>. You have to admire a guy who published a book with the title, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/c2638K\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform: Can We Change Course Before It\u2019s Too Late&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:10,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/c2638K&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"10\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform: Can We Change Course Before It\u2019s Too Late<\/em><\/a>, twenty years ago! Books written in the 1990s, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/aNbdwU\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;And What do YOU Mean by Learning&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:11,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/aNbdwU&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"11\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">And What do YOU Mean by Learning<\/em><\/a><em>, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9VMkBZ\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Political Leadership and Educational Failure&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:12,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9VMkBZ&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"12\" data-v9y=\"0\">Political Leadership and Educational Failure<\/a> <\/em>and <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/dlGpIK\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Charter Schools: Another Flawed Educational Reform?&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:13,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/dlGpIK&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"13\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">Charter Schools: Another Flawed Educational Reform?<\/em><\/a> remain quite timely and instructive.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/dACeWZ\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:14,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/dACeWZ&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"14\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/Papert.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"124\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No serious citizen or educator concerned with the future of education can afford to ignore the role of technology in learning. Jean Piaet\u2019s proteg\u00e9, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2AeJ1f\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Seymour Papert&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:15,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/2AeJ1f&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"15\" data-v9y=\"0\">Seymour Papert<\/a>, began writing about the potential of computers to amplify human potential in the mid-1960s. His view is a great deal more humane and productive than using computers to quiz students in preparation for standardized tests. All of Papert\u2019s books and papers are worth reading, but I suggest you start with <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/dACeWZ\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Children\u2019s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:16,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/dACeWZ&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"16\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Children\u2019s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/aJufNg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:17,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/aJufNg&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"17\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/Littky.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"103\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to see what sustainable scaleable school reform looks like where children are treated as competent? <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/aJufNg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone\u2019s Business&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:18,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/aJufNg&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"18\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone\u2019s Business<\/em><\/a> by Dennis Littky with Samantha Grabelle describes urban high schools with small classes, consistent student teacher relationships and an educational program based on apprenticeship. Students don\u2019t go to \u201cschool\u201d on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They engage in internship experiences in the community in any field that interests them. The other days of the week, the curriculum is based on whatever the students need to learn to enhance their internships. This is not vocational. It prepares students for university or any other choice they make. <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigpicture.org\/innovation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Big Picture model&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:19,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.bigpicture.org\/innovation\/&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"19\" data-v9y=\"0\">The Big Picture model<\/a> has spread across the United States with impressive results.<\/p>\n<p>The biography of Big Picture Schools co-founder Dennis Littky, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/8kRJ3j\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Doc: The Story Of Dennis Littky And His Fight For A Better School&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:20,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/8kRJ3j&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"20\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">Doc: The Story Of Dennis Littky And His Fight For A Better School<\/em><\/a>, by Susan Kammeraad-Campbell may be the first school reform thriller. The book chronicles how Littky transformed a failing school and was wrongfully fired the second political winds changed. Anyone interested in \u201creforming\u201d public education would be well advised to read this exciting page-turner.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cgg5tx\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:21,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cgg5tx&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"21\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/meier.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"121\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MacArthur Genius <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cou83J\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Deborah Meier&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:22,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/cou83J&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"22\" data-v9y=\"0\">Deborah Meier<\/a> has forgotten more about effective teaching and urban school reform than today\u2019s entire generation of \u201creformers\u201d ever knew. Meier is often considered the mother of the small school movement and her work as the founder of the Central Park East Schools and Mission Hill in Boston remain influential inspiration for parents and educators committed to the preparation of learners with the habits of mind required for a healthy democracy. Her book, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cgg5tx\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:23,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cgg5tx&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"23\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization<\/em><\/a>, is a masterpiece sharing the wisdom developed over more than a half century of teaching and school leadership. You should also read Meier\u2019s weekly online discussion with Diane Ravitch, the <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/cpnUy9\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Bridging Differences&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:24,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/cpnUy9&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"24\" data-v9y=\"0\">Bridging Differences<\/a>blog.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/bZop7J\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:25,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/bZop7J&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"25\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/kohn.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"126\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/bZop7J\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Schools our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and \u201cTougher Standards\u201d&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:26,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/bZop7J&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"26\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Schools our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and \u201cTougher Standards\u201d<\/em><\/a> is but one of the <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/a5p4cL\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;many terrific books&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:27,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/a5p4cL&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"27\" data-v9y=\"0\">many terrific books<\/a> by Alfie Kohn in which he challenges conventional wisdom on sacrosanct topics like homework, grades, standardized testing and rewards with clarity and evidence. His books are fearless and make you think. His articles are collected at <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9fJz7X\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Alfiekohn.com&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:28,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/9fJz7X&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"28\" data-v9y=\"0\">Alfiekohn.com<\/a>. Alfie\u2019s small book, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/bJqk2d\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:29,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/bJqk2d&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"29\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools<\/em><\/a> should be on the kitchen table of every parent and teacher. If you\u2019re tired of reading, you may watch two terrific Kohn lectures on the DVD, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/77pXnA\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:30,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/77pXnA&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"30\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9dbWZb\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:31,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9dbWZb&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"31\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/sizer.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Theodore Sizer was a school principal, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and unofficial leader of the high school reform movement over the past twenty-five years. His intellect, calm demeanor and practicality led to the creation of the Coalition of Essential Schools and a template by which any secondary school could improve from within. The first book in his \u201cHorace trilogy,\u201d<a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9dbWZb\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Horace\u2019s Compromise,&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:32,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9dbWZb&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"32\" data-v9y=\"0\"> <em class=\"bn-clickable\">Horace\u2019s Compromise<\/em>,<\/a> tells the story of American high schools, warts and all, through the eyes of a fictional English teacher, Horace Smith. This book and the two that follow share Horace\u2019s epiphanies about the shortcoming of American high schools, their strengths and how he and his colleagues can make their school better. The organization Sizer founded, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/d6d54s\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Coalition of Essential Schools&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:33,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/d6d54s&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"33\" data-v9y=\"0\">The Coalition of Essential Schools<\/a>, continues to inspire such local reform efforts one school at a time.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9ekg6R\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:34,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9ekg6R&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"34\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/Kozol.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"119\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Book Award-winning author, educator and civil rights activist has been giving voice to the poorest children in our nation and the injustice they face since the 1960s. <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/alVdbB\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;All of Kozol\u2019s books&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:35,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/alVdbB&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"35\" data-v9y=\"0\">All of Kozol\u2019s books<\/a> are equal-parts profound, infuriating and inspirational, but the tender and beautifully written, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9ekg6R\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:36,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9ekg6R&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"36\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope<\/em><\/a>, reminds us why we should care about public education.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9o4pxa\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:37,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9o4pxa&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"37\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/kohl.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Herbert Kohl has shared his insights as a teacher and teacher educator in dozens of brilliant books. His recent anthology, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/9o4pxa\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;The Herb Kohl Reader: Awakening the Heart of Teaching&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:38,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/9o4pxa&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"38\" data-v9y=\"0\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">The Herb Kohl Reader: Awakening the Heart of Teaching<\/em><\/a>, should whet your appetite for reading many more of <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/aPA43l\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;his books&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:39,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/aPA43l&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"39\" data-v9y=\"0\">his books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/fP1Go\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:40,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/fP1Go&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"40\" data-v9y=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/ohanian.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no more fierce or tireless critic of the higher tougher meaner standards and accountability movement than <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/aYseW7\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Susan Ohanian&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:41,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/bit.ly\/aYseW7&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"41\" data-v9y=\"0\">Susan Ohanian<\/a>. The book she co-authored with Kathy Emery, <em><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/fP1Go\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Why is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools?&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:42,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/fP1Go&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"42\" data-v9y=\"1\">Why is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools?<\/a> <\/em>engages in the old-fashioned \u201cfollow the money\u201d journalism we keep waiting for from news organizations. This book will help you understand how we got to reform being defined and advanced by billionaire bullies.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/5oevqn\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:43,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/5oevqn&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"43\" data-v9y=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/bracey.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"121\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right before he died last year, respected scholar, Gerald Bracey published, <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/5oevqn\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Education Hell: Rhetoric vs. Reality - Transforming the Fire Consuming America\u2019s Schools&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:44,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/5oevqn&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"44\" data-v9y=\"1\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">Education Hell: Rhetoric vs. Reality &#8211; Transforming the Fire Consuming America\u2019s Schools<\/em><\/a>. This book disembowels many of the premises and data used to justify the high-stakes accountability rhetoric and school reform strategies currently being advanced. It\u2019s a must read!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cHlxFR\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:45,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cHlxFR&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"45\" data-v9y=\"1\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-clickable\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/reformbooks\/doyon.png\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/cHlxFR\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;Not With Our Kids You Don\u2019t! Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:46,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/amzn.to\/cHlxFR&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"46\" data-v9y=\"1\"><em class=\"bn-clickable\">Not With Our Kids You Don\u2019t! Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools<\/em><\/a> by Juanita Doyon is a short must-read book for parents tired of their schools being turned into little more than Dickensian test-prep sweatshops. The book was written by a fed-up mom, turned activist from Washington who has upended her state\u2019s political establishment in defense of the sort of high quality education Americans came to expect before No Child Left Behind.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Veteran educator Dr. Gary Stager is co-author of <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/inventtolearn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/inventtolearn.com\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Invent To Learn\u200a\u2014\u200aMaking, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> and the founder of the <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Constructing Modern Knowledge<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> summer institute. Learn more about Gary <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/cmkfutures.com\/gary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cmkfutures.com\/gary\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">here<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally appeared in The Huffington Post on 10\/19\/2010 Shouldn\u2019t people bold enough to call themselves \u201cschool reformers\u201d be familiar with some of the literature on &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[437,446,427,428,526,434,431],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-classic-stager","category-education-policy","category-general","category-leadership","category-learning","category-teaching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wanna be a School Reformer? 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