Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160).
Introduction: What's really wrong with our schools? -- How has the world changed for children? -- What do today's students need to know? -- How do we hold students and schools accountable? -- What do "good schools" look like? -- What must leaders do?
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"Making the Grade represents the beginning of an overdue public dialogue: How can today's schools - and schools of the future - respond to sweeping societal changes if they remain mired in an obsolete system?" "Wagner outlines ways that communities, government, teachers, parents, and students can begin a dialogue about how to enact meaningful school changes - reinventions that call for community involvement in setting educational standards and ensuring that all students are successful as citizens and productive workers."--Jacket.