{"product_id":"9781620971994","title":"After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bestselling business journalist critiques the top-down approach of popular education reforms and profiles the unexpected success of schools embracing a nimbler, more democratic entrepreneurialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a fresh take on the endless battles over school reform, in \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Education Wars\u003c\/i\u003e journalist, bestselling author, and business professor Andrea Gabor argues that despite being championed by the likes of Bill Gates and Eli Broad, the market-based changes and carrot-and-stick incentives informing today's school reforms are out of sync with the nurturing culture that good schools foster—and at odds with the best practices of thriving twenty-first-century companies as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabor instead makes the case for seeking solutions from those closest to the problems through a collaborative, grassroots approach—modeled in part on the open-source software movement—that allows the most constructive ideas to bubble to the surface. In fact, the solutions borne by this philosophy are right here, all around us: in Brockton, Massachusetts, where the state's once-failing largest high school now sends most graduates to college; in a group of low-income New York City schools where maverick principals have pioneered new curricula and flexible scheduling; and in Leander, Texas, where continuous school improvement is being spurred by the philosophy of quality guru W. Edwards Deming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA welcome exception to the doom-and-gloom canon of education reform, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Education Wars\u003c\/i\u003e makes clear that what's needed is not more grand ideas, but practical ways to grow the great ones schools already have. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036892283120,"sku":"9781620971994","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620971994_p0.jpg?v=1763857039","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620971994","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}