Tough Choices or Tough Times (2nd Ed., Revised and Expanded Edition) The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Auteur : National Center on Education and the Economy
- An updated Introduction
- A summary of the Commission's proposals
- Commentaries on the proposals by Denis Doyle, Lawrence Mishel, Michael Petrilli, Diane Ravitch, and Richard Rothstein, with responses from members of the Commission.
Tough Choices or Tough Times provides a well-researched analysis of the issues and a compelling set of proposals for changing our system of education.
Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy executive summary.
preface.
prologue.
part i : The Nature of the Challenge Now.
part ii : The Scenario: The Recommendations as They Might Look from the Vantage Point of an Observer in 2021.
comments.
background papers.
Estimates of the Additional Expense and Savings Associated with the Commission’s Proposed Reforms in Elementary and Secondary Education.
Teachers and Teaching Policy.
Early Childhood Education.
The Adult Workforce.
commentary on the report.
“Tough Choices”: Change the System, or Suffer the Consequences (Marc S. Tucker).
“Tough Choices”: Radical Ideas, Misguided Assumptions (Diane Ravitch).
Education’s “Grand Departure”: Defending the Skills Commission’s Vision for the Future (Thomas W. Payzant, Charles B. Reed).
Making Tough Choices (Marc S. Tucker).
Th e New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce: Old News or New News? (Denis P. Doyle).
Big Challenges, Bold Ideas (Michael J. Petrilli).
False Alarm (Lawrence Mishel, Richard Rothstein).
The Economic Case for Education Reform (Marc S. Tucker).
Improper Diagnosis, Reckless Treatment (Lawrence Mishel, Richard Rothstein).
Reckless and Wildly Exaggerated? We Don’t Think So! A Response to Mishel and Rothstein (Marc S. Tucker).
appendixes.
The Study.
Trustees of the National Center on Education and the Economy.
Biographies of the Members of the Commission.
Commission Staff and Associates.
Date de parution : 03-2008
Ouvrage de 264 p.
19.1x23.6 cm
Thème de Tough Choices or Tough Times :
Mots-clés :
tough choices, tough times, school reform, economic impact, international competition, brain drain, braindrain, global economy, skills of the American workforce, New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, Diane Ravitch, Marc S, Tucker, Charles Knapp, William Brock, Michael Dolan, John Engler, Steve Gunderson, Joel Klein, Marc Morial, Roderick Paige, Richard Reilly, Charles Reed, Henry Schacht, Morton Bahr, Judy Codding, David Driscoll, Paul Elsner, Clifford Janey, Sharon Lynn Kaga, Dal Lawrence, Ray Marshall, Beverly O'Neill, Thomas Payzant, Richard Riley, SusanSclafani, Harry Spence, A, William Wiggenhorn, William Wiggenhorn, NCEE, N.C.E.E, National Center on Education and the Economy