Synopses & Reviews
Defines the shape and content of an ideal elementary education, recommends alternatives and provides steps for taking action.
About the Author
Patte Barth is senior associate at The Council for Basic Education, a national nonprofit organization devoted to the principle of universal, tax-supported, democratic public education. Ruth Mitchell, Ph.D., is principal partner of standards-based professional development of The Education Trust (American Association for Higher Education) and a prominent educational consultant. Ruth was formerly a writing teacher, an experience that fuels her desire to see all students able to read and write in their early years.