Sandra Stotsky: 4 books
The Death and Resurrection of a Coherent Literature Curriculum
What Secondary English Teachers Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
This book is addressed to teachers who know that the secondary literature curriculum in our public schools is in shambles. Unless experienced and well-read English teachers can develop coherent and increasingly demanding literature curricula in their schools, average high school students will remain...
Changing the Course of Failure
How Schools and Parents Can Help Low-Achieving Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
The basic purpose of this book is to help policy makers at all levels of government understand that (1) widespread adolescent underachievement is not susceptible to solution by educational interventions no matter how much money is allocated to public education; and (2) there are unidentified educational...
An Empty Curriculum
The Need to Reform Teacher Licensing Regulations and Tests
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Teachers cannot teach what they do not know. This country has tolerated a weak licensing system for prospective teachers for decades. This weak system has been accompanied by an increasingly emptier curriculum for most students, depriving them of the knowledge and skills needed for self-government.
An...
The Roots of Low Achievement
Where to Begin Altering Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
The chief purpose of this book is to explain how public education in this country became dysfunctional as a result of the education policies and programs funded by the federal government to address low academic achievement. It highlights student effort as a central factor in academic achievement,...