Beschreibung:
Parents have questions for school administrators. This book examines the questions they pose, the answers they elicit, the allies they attract, the adversaries they arouse, and the improvements they prod.
Parents have questions for school administrators. They want to know how they hire teachers, erect facilities, select learning materials, protect students, allocate budgets, use data, make forecasts, measure progress, and compete with for-profit schools. This book examines the questions they pose, the answers they elicit, the allies they attract, the adversaries they arouse, and the improvements they prod.
Preface: Do Principals Ignore Commonsense Questions?
Chapter 1: Do Questions Always Require Answers?
Chapter 2: Does Analytics Belong in Schools?
Chapter 3: Does For-Profit Ideology Make Sense in Public Education?
Chapter 4: Can School Leaders Get Some Things for Nothing?
Chapter 5: How Are Educational Questions Framed?
Chapter 6: Do Charter Schools Improve Public Education?
Chapter 7: What Is the Secret Behind Accurate Predictions?
Chapter 8: Are Textbooks Political?
Chapter 9: How Can Principals Be Recruited?
Chapter 10: Can Simple Solutions Eliminate Complex Problems?
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