Published: Nov. 23, 2012
Words: 33,427 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301341139

Short description

Seeds for Change: Education Reform in Context is the beginning point for discussions that will affect everyone in the global economy. A service-industry approach to education reform could not only identify and help fix the broken parts of our society but also provide economic growth without sacrificing the environment.

Extended description

Seeds for Change: Education Reform in Context is not a step-by-step manual for change of K-12 and Higher Education. It is the beginning point for discussions that will affect everyone in the global economy. A service-industry approach to education reform could not only identify and help fix the broken parts of our society but also provide economic growth without sacrificing the environment or natural resources. Education is in the unique position of being the nexus of all aspects of our society, capable of conducting unbiased and in-depth research that can re-define our current and future needs for growth and change.

Seeds for Change enlightens readers about:
Inner workings of all levels of the education industry.
Relationships of power influencing decisions and policies at all levels. (Read more) Seeds for Change: Education Reform in Context is not a step-by-step manual for change of K-12 and Higher Education. It is the beginning point for discussions that will affect everyone in the global economy. A service-industry approach to education reform could not only identify and help fix the broken parts of our society but also provide economic growth without sacrificing the environment or natural resources. Education is in the unique position of being the nexus of all aspects of our society, capable of conducting unbiased and in-depth research that can re-define our current and future needs for growth and change.

Seeds for Change enlightens readers about:
Inner workings of all levels of the education industry.
Relationships of power influencing decisions and policies at all levels.
Faulty assumptions made by politicians, policy makers, researchers in higher education and related industries supporting and/or contributing to the education industry.
Opportunities to explore for possible social and economic growth resulting from education reform efforts.
Interconnections that contribute to, are perpetuated by, or are dictated by education.
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education, educational system, education reform, school issues, k12, k12 education, educational resources, school reform, education issues, schools in america, educational reform, educational leadership, school leadership, school failures, school problems, school research, education problems, education leadership, education policy, education for all, education today, educational failure

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Review by: bob mustin on Jan. 15, 2013 :
Breaking Through the Educational Barrier

In this rather short book, Dr. Little asks hundreds of questions, all hard ones, all prescient ones. Her project here isn’t to reinvent education per se, but ask what it will take to reinvent what was once the world’s most vital system of eduction. As adjuncts to her questions, she delineates a number of obstacles that will likely prevent the best answers: Erroneous assumptions. Resistance to change. Legislative meddling. You get the idea.

Her belief here is clearly that U.S. education can be reformed from the inside out by expanding the responsibilities and impacts of public education to students, parents, teachers, and the communities at large.

Still, her approach here is generalized, as are her proposed tenets for what must be done. Al the same they seem grounded in practicality, she a person who has been the gamut of educational experience, from student to lower grade teacher, to researcher. She espouses limitations - doing “what will work.” Performing valid scientific educational research. Working for the greater good of U.S. society. Expanding our idea of what is possible in eduction.

What seems missing here is some notion of a strategic plan, so that her questions may take root in a focused manner. Perhaps that will be the subject of future works by Dr. Little.
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