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Frogs into Princes: Writings on School Reformreviewed by Renarta Hutchinson Tompkins - July 17, 2008 Title: Frogs into Princes: Writings on School Reform Author(s): Larry Cuban Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807748595, Pages: 204, Year: 2008 Search for book at Amazon.com Cubans Frogs into Princes: Writings on School Reform provides a trail that traces school reform from 1962, when schools struggled with implementing desegregation policies, to 2007, as schools still struggle to effectively educate diverse student populations. The selections are framed within three perspectives: as an insider, as an outsider, and finally as a teacher/administrator/researcher with a merged perspective on school reform. From the first selection until the last, there is a profound sense of hope in Cubans writings, despite historical evidence that educational policymakers seem to persist in making the same mistake over and over by ignoring the role of the teacher in school reform. Despite the passage of time represented in the collection, a similar theme emerges; reforms live or die in the classroom, not the boardroom.
The value of the teacher in school reform is first framed in Cubans examination of his own teaching. In the 1962 selection, Teaching... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Renarta Tompkins
Mississippi State University E-mail Author RENARTA TOMPKINS is a professor at Mississippi State University.
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