Barriers to Excellence: The Changes Needed for Our Schools

by Betsy Gunzelmann

Overview

Barriers to Excellence: The Changes Needed for Our Schools brings a new and different viewpoint to our educational problems in the United States. The reasons behind the academic decline we have seen over the last several decades, the continued inequity in our schools, and the frustration with inconsistent and inadequate policies, procedures and support will be addressed in this eye-opening book. Barriers to Excellence discuses the obstacles we face to regain our academic distinction. We need to look at the bigger picture when it comes to attaining educational excellence in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610485807
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	06/07/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Betsy Gunzelmann is professor of psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and author of several articles involved with improving our schools. She has worked in the field for over 30 years and is a psychologist, educator, and parent concerned with issues hindering our children’s education.

Table of Contents

Part I: Our Broken System: Understanding Barriers to Excellence
Chapter One: There Is Trouble in Our Schools:
A Historical Overview of Barriers & Imbalance
Chapter Two: Rescuing Our Schools: Perspectives of Leaders,
Reformers and Entrepreneurs
Chapter Three: The Gathering of Data from Many Directions

Part II: The Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Four: Society& Cultural: First, Most Complex and Controversial
of the Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Five: Political Barriers to Excellence: Multifaceted and Difficult,
but Not Impossible to Resolve
Chapter Six: Economic Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Seven: Psychological Barriers to Educational Excellence
Chapter Eight:EducationalIssues: Process& Logistical Barriers

Part III:Towards Educational Excellence and Beyond
Chapter Nine: Breaking Down the Barriers & Restoring Balance
Chapter Ten: Education: Our Key to Future Success

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What People are Saying About This

Deborah Meier

"Thanks Betsy Gunzelmann for writing Barriers to Excellence. We needed this to wake us up and plan together how to respond.

Thomas J. Cottle

There is an emerging story in America about education and justice that many are willing to tell and some extraordinary few, like Betsy Gunzelmann, are able to document. The book may be appear thin, but the argument is rich, intriguingly researched, and painfully powerful. Barriers to Excellence is really a story of contemporary America. It should be widely read, here and abroad, but what is that expression: Read it and weep.

Editorial Reviews

There is an emerging story in America about education and justice that many are willing to tell and some extraordinary few, like Betsy Gunzelmann, are able to document. The book may be appear thin, but the argument is rich, intriguingly researched, and painfully powerful. Barriers to Excellence is really a story of contemporary America. It should be widely read, here and abroad, but what is that expression: Read it and weep.

Thomas J. Cottle Thomas J. Cottle

"Thanks Betsy Gunzelmann for writing Barriers to Excellence. We needed this to wake us up and plan together how to respond."

Deborah Meier

There is an emerging story in America about education and justice that many are willing to tell and some extraordinary few, like Betsy Gunzelmann, are able to document. The book may be appear thin, but the argument is rich, intriguingly researched, and painfully powerful. Barriers to Excellence is really a story of contemporary America. It should be widely read, here and abroad, but what is that expression: Read it and weep.

Thomas J. Cottle