Title Details

All Children Can Learn: Lessons from the KentuckyReform Experience
Buy Rights Online Buy Rights

Rights Contact Login For More Details

More About This Title All Children Can Learn: Lessons from the KentuckyReform Experience

  • English

English

Now educators, school board members, and policymakers can refer to a single volume for key lessons from the nation's most comprehensive and longest-running school reform model. Written by a nationally prominent group of educators, researchers, and policy analysts, All Children Can Learnpresents important research findings from the Kentucky reforms, examines major program elements, and analyzes initiatives that worked or didn't work. Throughout the book, the authors explore the challenges of implementing statewide school change initiatives, offer sound advice for overcoming reform hurdles, and share valuable recommendations for future policy and practice. Reform-minded educators from every type of community will find valuable insights as they contemplate similar changes.
  • English

English

ROGER S. PANKRATZ is professor and former associate dean in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Western Kentucky University and director of the Renaissance Group Institution's Partnership for Improving Teacher Quality. During the design of KERA, he served as executive director of the Governor's Council for School Performance Standards, and later as executive director of the Kentucky Institute for Education Research, an independent nonprofit agency created to study and evaluate Kentucky's school reform initiatives. JOSEPH M. PETROSKO is professor of education at the University of Louisville, codirector of the University of Louisville Nystrand Center of Excellence in Education, and codirector of the Kentucky Institute for Education Research.
  • English

English

Acknowledgments xi

The Editors xiii

The Contributors xv

Introduction: An Ambitious Plan for Improving Schools 1

PART ONE The Groundwork for Statewide Reform

1. The Legal and Legislative Battles 11
Roger S. Pankratz

2. Resource Equity and Educational Adequacy 29
Jacob E. Adams Jr.

3. A New Vision for Public Schooling 46
Jack D. Foster

4. A Legislator’s Viewpoint—“A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity” 68
Holly Holland

PART TWO Improving Student Learning

5. Statewide Performance Assessment and School Accountability 75
John P. Poggio

6. Linking Curriculum and Instruction to Performance Standards 98
Stephen K. Clements

7. Challenges in Implementing Kentucky’s Primary School Program 116
James Raths

8. A Student’s Viewpoint—“You’ve Got to Learn to Work with People Above You and Below You” 134
Holly Holland

PART THREE Strengthening the Capacity of Educators

9. Promoting the Professional Development of Teachers 141
G. Williamson McDiarmid, Tom Corcoran

10. Improving Schools and School Leaders 159
Patricia J. Kannapel, Pam Coe

11. Setting Standards for Teachers and Teacher Education 177
Roger S. Pankratz, Bonnie J. Banker

12. A Teacher’s Viewpoint—“We Don’t Have Any Answers” 195
Holly Holland

13. A School Leader’s Viewpoint—“I Didn’t Realize How Far-Reaching This One Would Be” 200
Holly Holland

PART FOUR Developing New Forms of Governance

14. Educators and Parents as Partners in School Governance 207
Jane L. David

15. A New Mission for the Department of Education 225
Susan Follett Lusi, Patricia Davis Goldberg

16. Engaging Parents and Citizens in School Reform 244
Robert F. Sexton

17. A Parent’s Viewpoint—“It’s Going to Take a Whole Lot of People to Do It” 263
Holly Holland

Conclusion: Insights from a Decade of School Reform 268
Roger S. Pankratz, Joseph M. Petrosko

Index 283

  • English

English

"When the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the state's public school system was unconstitutional, it set in motion forces that altered the nature and quality of education, not only in Kentucky but in the entire country. Here is a fascinating story of a critical episode-a determined legislature, skilled education leadership, and sometimes just plain luck-that everyone interested in education should read." --Frank Newman, visiting professor of public policy and sociology, Brown University, and Julius and Rosa Sachs Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University

"The comprehensive and far-reaching reforms in Kentucky have been watched more than those in any other state. This book contains contributions from some of the most knowledgeable watchers-key researchers who have been following the state's progress and judging its reform results. It's an important book for everyone interested in state education policy and its effects on practice." --Susan H. Fuhrman, dean, Penn Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

"As a comprehensive look at Kentucky's systemic education reform, All Children Can Learn is crucial reading for everyone engaged in trying to make public school reform work, as well as for anyone who doesn't think reform can work. This book thoughtfully examines Kentucky's dramatic initiatives to change schools statewide, providing guideposts for the next school district or state brave enough to undertake large-scale education change." --Pascal D. Forgione, superintendent, Austin Independent School District
loading