Darrel Drury, Justin Baer

The American Public School Teacher

Past, Present, and Future

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Produktbeschreibung

"This is a stunning achievement. The authors mined a trove of data about public school teachers dating back to 1955, then asked a diverse group of thoughtful men and women to analyze, interpret, and comment. Interspersed among the essays are anecdotes from teachers and former teachers, some of which will tug your heartstrings. You will have favorites among the essays--I did--but very few will disappoint. The American Public School Teacher is a modern-day book of revelations." -- John Merror, education correspondent, PBS NewsHour "The American Public School Teacher provides an unflinching look into the classrooms of our nation's schools and offers an overview of the current environment that could serve as a survey course on public education. The authors have convened a stellar lineup of scholars, teachers, government leaders, and policy makers to dissect and prognosticate about the future of schools. The result is an honest, provocative assessment that underscores the complications of meeting our oft-stated national goal of helping all students achieve at higher levels." -- Anthony S. Bryk, president, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Commentaries: Joseph A. Aguerrebere, Dan Brown, Michelle Brown, Michael Dell, Arne Duncan, Jason Gipson-Nahman, Pam Grossman, Eric A. Hanushek, James B. Hunt Jr., Richard M. Ingersoll, Susan Moore Johnson, Brad Jupp, Jay Mathews, Lisa Merrill, Renee Moore, Andrew J. Rotherham, Barbara Stoflet, Dennis Van Roekel, Randi Weingarten Darrel Drury is manager of the Surveys and Data Analysis Group at the National Education Association and is author of Reinventing School-Based Management. Justin Baer is a senior research analyst at the National Education Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard Education PR
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781612504704
• ISBN-10: 1612504701
• Artikelnr.: 42081564

Autorenporträt

Darrel Drury oversees the National Education Association's Surveys and Data Analysis Group, Higher Education Research Center, and Center for the Study of Education Support Professionals. He formerly served as a faculty member and research scientist at Yale University, where he conducted a broad range of studies focusing on the effective organization and management of public education systems. More recently he held positions as director of Policy and Evaluation Research at Metrica, Inc.; director of Policy Research at the National School Boards Association; and vice president for Research and Evaluation at New American Schools. Drury has published extensively, much of his work aimed at providing research-based guidance to policy makers seeking to improve America's public schools. He is the author or coauthor of several major works, including School-Based Management: The Changing Locus of Control in American Public Education (1994), Learning to Hope (1995), Reinventing School-Based Management (1999), Exploring New Directions (2000), Charting a New Course: Fact and Fiction About Charter Schools (2000), Building Capacity: Professional Development for New and Experienced Teachers (2002), and Evaluating Success (2002). In addition, he is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs. Drury, a former Fulbright Scholar, received his BA with honors from Vanderbilt University and earned his MA and PhD in sociology from Brown University. He also attended Københavns Universitet (Copenhagen, Denmark) and La Ciudad Universitaria (Madrid, Spain) and completed postdoctoral training in psychosocial epidemiology and advanced epidemiological methods at Yale Medical School. Justin Baer is a senior research analyst at the National Education Association (NEA). His work focuses on helping the NEA's affiliates understand the conceptual and technical underpinnings of new models of teacher compensation and identifying and disentangling the range of factors associated with chronically underperforming schools. Prior to joining the NEA, Baer directed and collaborated on a variety of large-scale surveys, assessments, and program evaluations at the American Institutes for Research, including the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, the National Survey of America's College Students, and the National Assessment of Adult Literacy. He earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington.