Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools [Hardcover]

Charles K. Stallard's history, experience, and dedication to true integration of technology to improve educational achievement is reflected in Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools. Implementing just a fraction of his suggested changes has the potential for significant improvement in a system desperately in need of that change.Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools is a must read for educational administrators, directors of instruction, teachers, and teacher educators. Factual, authoritative, and experience based, Charles K. Stallard and Julie Cocker present a thorough analysis of the way technology can improve student learningEducation Technology and the Failure of American Schools offers a broad and penetrating look at the American educational system to determine why progress is so lacking. What is found is a system that has far outlived its functionality in terms of governance, organization, and professional practices.This book looks at the progress of American education in the use of technology since the publication of Stallard and Cocker's last book, The Promise of Technology in Schools: The Next Twenty Years. Fifteen years after its publication, they find little significant difference in the way K-12 schools are using technology to improve student achievement. Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools offers a broad and penetrating look at the American educational system to determine why progress is so lacking. What is found is a system that has far outlived its functionality in terms of governance, organization, and professional practices. American schools are compared to those of nations whose students regularly outperform them on international tests of achievement. The authors offer a bold approach to educational reform that will irritate many who now consider themselves educational leaders. The final chapter makes offers a new approach to education in the primary grades, one that will surprise those lobbyl“Y