If I Could Make a School
Chapter 1. Remaking Public Schools
The Goal of Universal Education
The Unfinished Agenda
Is there Cause for Concern?
Obstacles to Structural Change
The Kentucky Experience
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Chapter 2. A Case for Real Change
The Bureaucratic Model of Schooling
The Historical Focus on Teaching
The Focus on Teaching Impedes Curriculum Reform
Textbooks are the Primary Source of Information
A Limiting and Outdated Curriculum
Schools are not User Friendly
Accountability for Learning
The Case for Redesigning Schools
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Chapter 3. Redefining School Outcomes
Organizing the New Curriculum
What Students Should Learn
Understanding the Main Ideas of the Specialties
Creating a New Outcome-Based Curriculum
Monitoring and Reporting Student Learning
How We Can Get There from Here
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A Visit to a School Designed for Learning
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Creating a New Vision of Schools
National Recognition of a Need for Change
Practicing the Education Profession
Creating a Professional Practice School
Changing Roles for Others
Equipping a Learning-Oriented School
Other Staff in a Learning-Oriented School
Preparing Educators for the Transition
Professional Qualifications and Certification
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Building Accountability into the Education System
What is to be Inspected
The Need for Better Assessment Methods
The State Inspection Process
What Constitutes Acceptable School Performance
Enhancing the Consequences
The Relationship between Accountability and
Instruction
What Lies Ahead?
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