Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System Is Failing and What We Can Do About It

Front Cover
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Title Page
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Dedication
......Page 6
Copyright
......Page 9
Contents
......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
PART 1: Flawed Assumptions......Page 28
CHAPTER 1: The “Get-Tough” Policy......Page 30
CHAPTER 2: All Standards for All Students......Page 36
CHAPTER 3: If It Moves, Test It......Page 49
CHAPTER 4: Make Them Take Algebra......Page 60
CHAPTER 5: Wanted: Great Teachers......Page 67
CHAPTER 6: The Quest for the Supreme Leader......Page 81
CHAPTER 7: The Dropout Epidemic......Page 87
CHAPTER 8: Time for What?......Page 94
CHAPTER 9: Never Enough Money......Page 99
CHAPTER 10: A New Strategy of New Schools......Page 105
PART 2: A Second, Parallel Strategy......Page 112
CHAPTER 11: One Student at a Time......Page 114
CHAPTER 12: Many Pathways to Success......Page 122
CHAPTER 13: Life to Text......Page 130
CHAPTER 14: It’s the Work That Counts......Page 141
CHAPTER 15: Start Them Early......Page 152
CHAPTER 16: A New Role for Teachers......Page 162
CHAPTER 17: A Matter of Choice......Page 169
CHAPTER 18: Schools for Digital Natives......Page 179
CONCLUSION: Can We Get There from Here?......Page 188
References......Page 196
Index......Page 207
About the Author......Page 212
Back Cover
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