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The Effective Schools Formula Still Needs Changing: A Reply to Brookover.
Stedman, Lawrence C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
Challenges Wilbur Brookover's response to the author's article "It's Time We Changed the Effective Schools Formula" appearing in the November 1987 issue of "Kappan." The author's Pennsylvania studies show that certain variables such as classroom climate, emphasis on basic skills, and time-on-task were inconsequential in predicting a school's…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, School Effectiveness
Is There a Crisis in British Secondary Schools?
Judge, Harry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Advertised as a response to a secondary school's crisis in Great Britain, the Education Reform Act (1988) is actually engineering a crisis by attempting to change the nature of British society and politics. Traditional arrangements are yielding to a more centralized educational finance system, a national curriculum, and increased teacher…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Educational Change, Government Role, Policy Formation
Bringing School Reform Back Down to Earth.
Wagner, Tony – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Educational reformers are divided among high-standards Martians, back-to-basics Venusians, character educationists, and free-market trade experts. Meanwhile, no one discusses how to motivate bored, disrespectful students. The solution involves working to establish high academic standards without blame or standardization, to develop "merit…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Citizenship Education, Educational Change
Parrot Math.
O'Brien, Thomas C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Parrot math (memorization) seeks to control children through external rewards and punishments, rather than harness their intelligence and curiosity. Recent standardized test results document parrot math's failure. Activities-based approaches, supported by a constructivist philosophy (involving classifying, inferring, generalizing, and…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Constructivism (Learning), Educational History
American Education at a Crossroads.
Bell, Terrell H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Reaffirming Reagan administration policies on education and educational reform, the author proposes three priorities and four performance goals for American education over the next five years focusing on literacy, mathematics skills, civic instruction, the "five new basics," standardized test scores, dropout rates, and professional…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Yes, But What About Irving Engelman?
Clinchy, Evans – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Recent reports on educational reform tend to encourage a return to enforced uniformity in American public schools. If public education is to compete successfully with private education, however, increasing numbers of magnet schools should be established to provide diversity and genuine choice among public schools. (JBM)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Change Strategies, Competition, Conventional Instruction
The End of a Commonsense Approach to Basics.
Cates, Judith N.; Ash, Philip – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Examining the history of a "promotion by achievement" program begun in 1973-74 in Greensville County, Virginia, the authors argue that the effects of the program were not racially discriminatory as alleged by a 1980 suit that led to the program's termination in 1981. (JBM)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Back to Basics