The Education We Need for a Future We Can't Predict

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Improve Schools and Transform Education In order for educational systems to change, we must reevaluate deep-seated beliefs about learning, teaching, schooling, and race that perpetuate inequitable opportunities and outcomes. Hatch, Corson, and Gerth van den Berg challenge the narrative when it comes to the "grammar of schooling"--or the conventional structures, practices, and beliefs that define educational experiences for so many children--to cast a new vision of what school could be. The book addresses current systemic problems and solutions as it: - Highlights global examples of successful school change - Describes strategies that improve educational opportunities and performance - Explores promising approaches in developing new learning opportunities - Outlines conditions for supporting wide-scale educational improvement