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Educational leaders speak out in their own words—stimulating, accessible, provocative—on contemporary and controversial topics that range from differing attitudes on diversity to the debate over character education to arguments about education reform.
Award-winning writer Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood interviews nationally-known leaders in a new genre of conversations about key issues in education that inform the contemporary debate and the general reader. Topics range from the current debate over character education to multicultural education and from multiple intelligences to national standards. Those interviewed include Patricia K. Anderson, Michael W. Apple, Roland S. Barth, Gloria Ladson-Billings, B. Bradford Brown, Kathleen Densmore, Anne Fairbrother, Lily Wong Fillmore, Howard Gardner, Thomas R. Hoerr, Herbert M. Kliebard, Thomas Lickona, Alan L. Lockwood, Fred M. Newmann, Kent D. Peterson, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Joseph S. Renzulli, Thomas A. Romberg, Kevin Ryan, Mara Sapon-Shevin, Christine E. Sleeter, Theodore R. Sizer, Wayne J. Urban, and Dennis R. Williams. Considered are violence; values; youth culture; cultural diversity in language, race, and ability; professionalism; leadership; the role of teacher unions; and broad perspectives on the status and history of educational reform in the United States.
"I liked the effective weaving of the quotes, paraphrasing and commentary by Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood, coupled with her good writing style. The readings will be useful for a wide variety of classes—classes in teacher education; ethics in education; history of, sociology of, and foundations of education." — Kofi Lomotey, Louisiana State University
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Troubled Times: Violence, Values, and Youth Culture
Overview of Part I
Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Schools as Safe Havens
Kevin Ryan: The Quest for Truth and Justice
Thomas Lickona: The Promulgation of Virtue
Alan L. Lockwood: The Current Incarnation of Character
B. Bradford Brown: Who Adolescents Really Are
Part II. Dealing with Difference: Race, Culture, and Ability
Overview of Part II
Christine E. Sleeter: Understanding and Embracing Multicultural Education
Gloria Ladson-Billings: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Action
Lily Wong Fillmore: Our Common Culture, Our Ambivalence
Anne Fairbrother: A Voyage of Discovery
Joseph S. Renzulli: Providing Enrichment for All Students
Mara Sapon-Shevin: What's Good for the Gifted Is Good for All
Howard Gardner: Educating for Understanding
Thomas R. Hoerr: One School's Application of Multiple Intelligences Theory
Part III. "You Can't Lead Where You Won't Go": Professionalism, Unions, and Leadership
Overview of Part III
Roland S. Barth: Professionalism and School Leaders
Kathleen Densmore: Democratize, Don't Professionalize
Wayne J. Urban: Teacher Unions, History, and Professionalization
Kent D. Peterson: The Real World of School Leaders
Patricia K. Anderson: Reflections on Professionalism and Leadership
Part IV. Change and Constancy: Commentaries on Educational Reform
Overview of Part IV
Herbert M. Kliebard: The Supreme Context of Reform
Michael W. Apple: Privatization and the Common Good
Thomas A. Romberg: Mathematics for All
Fred M. Newmann: Restructuring for Authenticity
Theodore R. Sizer: The Constancy of Change
Dennis R. Williams: An Illustration of Reform
Afterword
Bibliography
Author Note
Index