Seeing complexity in public education problems, possibilities, and success for all

In a period of unprecedented pressure to reform education in the United States, two questions stand out: What is involved in the work of transforming underperforming schools into higher performing schools? And what makes this work so difficult? 'Seeing Complexity in Public Education' exami...

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Main Author: Peurach, Donald J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
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