Sacred Elephants: The Catastrophic Crisis in Education Impacting the Decline of America

by Dr. Karen Harvey, Dr. Donna Nicholson

Overview

Sacred Elephants: The Catastrophic Crisis in Education Impacting the Decline of America is urgent in its message and reflective of our times. Education is the key to our economic health as a nation, as well as the preservation of our freedom. It is just that simple. Thomas Jefferson told us that an educated citizenry is the best hedge against tyranny. Given our downward slide in academic achievement on the world stage it is past time to heed his warning. The authors of Sacred Elephants present their compelling case in two parts, calling for a decisive response from the citizens of America for real systemic change in our education system. They first discuss the ten critical areas that must be addressed without delay if we are to return to a viable public education system. In part two they present a working school design that will create and sustain academic success for students. The hour is late and the stakes could not be higher.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150256064
Publisher:	KK Productions LLC
Publication date:	12/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
File size:	960 KB

About the Author

Dr. Karen Kay Harvey has been involved in education for forty-one years and has served in all educational capacities. Dr. Harvey was an elementary teacher for fourteen years, an elementary principal for eight years, served in various capacities at the central office level for eleven years, and performed the duties of the Assistant Secretary for Quality Assurance and Systems Integration at the New Mexico Public Education Department. Dr. Harvey’s broader educational background includes teaching at the university level and serving as a school board member. She has worked in Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, Missouri, Nevada, Washington and Canada. Dr. Harvey has served in three districts as the leader of curriculum and instruction. In those positions she worked on systemic reform to impact student achievement and was responsible for the development of standards-based grading and reporting systems. Dr. Harvey, owner of Gemini Consulting, LLC, currently works across the United States as an educational consultant in standards-based grading and reporting, gap analysis, curriculum alignment, administrator mentoring, leadership coaching, and supporting Turnaround and Transformational Schools. She is a Nationally Certified Mentor for building administrators and is trained in Cognitive Coaching.

Dr. Donna Nicholson has been an educator for almost fifty years. Her experience is wide and varied. She has served as a teacher, a principal at both elementary and high school level, associate director of an educational service center, assistant superintendent, superintendent and adjunct professor. Dr. Nicholson has held positions as a superintendent of school districts in Colorado, Alabama and a charter school system with multiple campuses in many of the major cities in Texas. Retiring from her last superintendent’s position in 2009, Dr. Nicholson is now the President of Donna Nicholson & Associates working with schools across the nation. The most notable of her many awards is the Key Communicator Award for Texas given to Dr. Nicholson as the person who made the greatest impact on education in 1992. Governor Ann Richards nominated her for her work with corporations across Texas in establishing effective business education coalitions which worked with the Texas legislature to raise the graduation standards of the state through a nationally recognized scholars program.