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02785aam a2200397 i 4500 001 4CDB5304AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240104011316 008 230417s2023 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023016445 020 $a 147587247X 020 $a 9781475872477 020 $a 1475872461 020 $a 9781475872460 035 $a (OCoLC)1376429637 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d HF9 $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LA217.2 G369 2023 100 1 $a Garrett, Richard W., $d 1939- $e author. 245 10 $a U.S education is in trouble, let's fix it! : $b 22 reform proposals / $c Richard W. Garrett. 246 3 $a United States education is in trouble, let's fix it! 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publising Group, Inc., $c [2023] 300 $a xxi, 167 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Does the U.S. have national goals? -- US students are not as good as we think -- When did things begin to go bad? -- Teachers, the vital ingredient -- 220 Precious minutes -- Discipline issues are a major problem -- The success equation for children -- How should schools be organized? -- Learning to read -- When should formal education begin? -- Who's going to fix it? -- The threat of lawsuits weighs heavy -- Labor unions -- The Massachusetts miracle and the Maryland Commission -- Overhead, a constant threat -- National impact -- What changes must be made to reform the system? 520 $a "The scope of this book is the reform of the U.S. public education system. The theme is to find those things that are blocking improvements and to recommend solutions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 8 $a Changes to Improve Schools is a book about educational reform. Richard Garrett has spent ten years researching the U.S. K-12 system to find things in need of improvements. The book has 17 chapters that cover a wide range of topics such as the performance of American students, classroom discipline, and apprehensions younger graduates face when deciding to pursue educational fields. -- Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Educational change $z United States. 650 0 $a School improvement programs $z United States. 650 0 $a Public schools $z United States. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Garrett, Richard W., 1939- $t U.S. education is in trouble, let's fix it. $d Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 $z 9781475872484 $w (DLC) 2023016446 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403011955.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CDB5304AAD111EE853AF3262BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search