Conversations with Educational Leaders : Contemporary Viewpoints on Education in America.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: TROUBLED TIMES: VIOLENCE, VALUES, AND YOUTH CULTURE -- Overview of Part I -- Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Schools as Safe Havens -- Kevin Ryan: The Quest for Truth and Justice -- Thomas Lickona: The Promulgation of Virtue -- Alan L. Lockwood: The Current Incarnation of Character -- B. Bradford Brown: Who Adolescents Really Are -- PART II: DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE: RACE, CULTURE, AND ABILITY -- Overview of Part II -- Christine E. Sleeter: Understanding and Embracing Multicultural Education -- Gloria Ladson-Billings: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Action -- Lily Wong Fillmore: Our Common Culture, Our Ambivalence -- Anne Fairbrother: A Voyage of Discovery -- Joseph S. Renzulli: Providing Enrichment for All Students -- Mara Sapon-Shevin: What's Good for the Gifted Is Good for All -- Howard Gardner: Educating for Understanding -- Thomas R. Hoerr: One School's Application of Multiple Intelligences Theory -- PART III: ''YOU CAN'T LEAD WHERE YOU WON'T GO": PROFESSIONALISM, UNIONS, AND LEADERSHIP -- Overview of Part III -- Roland S. Barth: Professionalism and School Leaders -- Kathleen Densmore: Democratize, Don't Professionalize -- Wayne J. Urban: Teacher Unions, History, and Professionalization -- Kent D. Peterson: The Real World of School Leaders -- Patricia K. Anderson: Reflections on Professionalism and Leadership -- PART IV: CHANGE AND CONSTANCE: COMMENTARIES ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM -- Overview of Part IV -- Herbert M. Kliebard: The Supreme Context of Reform -- Michael W. Apple: Privatization and the Common Good -- Thomas A. Romberg: Mathematics for All -- Fred M. Newmann: Restructuring for Authenticity -- Theodore R. Sizer: The Constancy of Change -- Dennis R. Williams: An Illustration of Reform -- AFTERWORD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUTHOR NOTE -- INDEX -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M.

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