Educating, Not Babysitting!

A Foundation for Reclaiming Your Public School

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Author: Jo Rogers, Jon Ryker ISBN: 9781440159220
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: October 8, 2009
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Jo Rogers, Jon Ryker
ISBN: 9781440159220
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: October 8, 2009
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

The majority of our public school graduates are ill-prepared for both college and the working world. How does this betrayal of public trust happen? What can be done about it? Why is it that some public schools are effective and others are not? In Educating, Not Babysitting! veteran teachers Jon Ryker and Jo Rogers delve into the dilemma and recommend a set of principles for improving schools without spending additional money.

Educating, Not Babysitting! explains how schools lose their way under competing priorities, a lack of leadership, and a lack of oversight. It also recommends how taxpayers, parents, students, teachers, and administrators can drive the process of refocusing a district on its sole critical missionmaximizing student learning. It explains that: Taxpayers must not write blank checks Students must seek to learn Teachers must believe in their students Parents must join in Administrators must be everyones role model Based on personal experience and presented in an informal, friendly format, Educating, Not Babysitting! demonstrates that education is everyones concern. Together, these groups can rescue school districts from the malaise of at-riskness and get back to the business at handmaximizing learning.

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The majority of our public school graduates are ill-prepared for both college and the working world. How does this betrayal of public trust happen? What can be done about it? Why is it that some public schools are effective and others are not? In Educating, Not Babysitting! veteran teachers Jon Ryker and Jo Rogers delve into the dilemma and recommend a set of principles for improving schools without spending additional money.

Educating, Not Babysitting! explains how schools lose their way under competing priorities, a lack of leadership, and a lack of oversight. It also recommends how taxpayers, parents, students, teachers, and administrators can drive the process of refocusing a district on its sole critical missionmaximizing student learning. It explains that: Taxpayers must not write blank checks Students must seek to learn Teachers must believe in their students Parents must join in Administrators must be everyones role model Based on personal experience and presented in an informal, friendly format, Educating, Not Babysitting! demonstrates that education is everyones concern. Together, these groups can rescue school districts from the malaise of at-riskness and get back to the business at handmaximizing learning.

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