Waiting for ""SUPERMAN"" How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools

Participant, Karl Weber

eBook - 2010

Each book includes a 15 gift card from DonorsChoose.org to give to a classroom in need. The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing as many drop-outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future. By 2020, the United States will have 123 million high-skill jobs to fill — and fewer than 50 million Americans qualified to fill them. Educators, parents, political leaders, business people, and concerned citizens are determined to save our educational system. Waiting for "Superman" offers powerful insights from some of those at the leading edge of educational innovation, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Michelle Rhee, Geoffrey Canada, and more. Waiting for "Superman" is an ins...piring call for reform and includes special chapters that provide resources, ideas, and hands-on suggestions for improving the schools in your own community as well as throughout the nation. For parents, teachers, and concerned citizens...

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Published
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Main Authors
Participant, Karl Weber
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
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Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size607 MB
ISBN9781586489281
Release Date9/14/2010
Kindle Book
ASINB0042RU87M
Release Date9/14/2010
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781586489281
Release Date9/14/2010