Schools on trial

how freedom and creativity can fix our educational malpractice

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Nikhil Goyal: Schools on trial (2016)

309 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-385-54012-4
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OCLC Number:
909925107

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2 stars (1 review)

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2 stars

As with at least one other reviewer, I really wanted to like this book. Nikhil has genuine concerns about education, and his writing is at its best when reflecting on innovative schools he has personally visited. But I found several parts of the book to be tedious--cobbled together research and loosely-connected quotes talking around and about a topic but leaving me with the distinct impression that he was up against a deadline and ready to be done with it. "Schools on Trial" lacks a consistent voice and is more of a collection of "things I have read" and less a coherent, compelling argument for sustainable, scaleable change in education policy and practice.

Subjects

  • School improvement programs
  • School environment
  • Alternative education

Places

  • United States