#1600: No-Excuses Charter Schools | The Best Of Our Knowledge

May 22, 2021 00:27:29
#1600: No-Excuses Charter Schools | The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1600: No-Excuses Charter Schools | The Best Of Our Knowledge

May 22 2021 | 00:27:29

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Show Notes

This week, silent, single-file lines. Detention for putting a head on a desk. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework. Walk into some of the most acclaimed urban schools today and you will find similar recipes of behavior, designed to support student achievement. Joanne Golann spent a year doing just that. In her new book called “Scripting The Moves – Culture and Control in a No-Excuses Charter School,” Dr. Golann describes the good intentions and the unintended consequences of these rigidly controlled schools.

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