| Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy Contributor(s): Packer, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521642345 ISBN-13: 9780521642347 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology - Psychology |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| LCCN: 00026199 |
| Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive, and Computational Perspectives (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.25 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's market-place reforms and the National Science Foundation's state systemic initiative. Against the backdrop of a post-fordist economy, the author shows complex linkages at work as society structures the development of children to adulthood. |