Background
Hess, George Alfred was born on January 26, 1938 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of G. Alfred and Frances Hess.
( A much-needed examination of the impact on teachers and...)
A much-needed examination of the impact on teachers and parents of the effort to improve our schools through restructuring, this book looks at professionalization and parent empowerment programs from the ground level rather than from the large-scale policy level. The editor, active in both policy setting and monitoring implementation, approaches the subject with an overarching view that weaves together a set of diverse case studies that examine some of the most notable efforts in this area of school reform. The first section demonstrates the tremendous difficulties involved in attempting to reshape the culture of public school teaching, noting both institutional resistance to change and the personal resistance of the professionals who are, in theory, being empowered through this approach. The second section details the problems of launching parent empowerment opportunities, in a large urban setting, and a contrasting case examines the choice of enrollment option. Here, too, these studies examine the effectiveness of these programs. The conclusion reflects on the opportunities such innovations provide for researchers and assesses the importance of such research in shaping the innovations themselves through evaluations while they are in process.
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Non-profit educational association administrator
Hess, George Alfred was born on January 26, 1938 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of G. Alfred and Frances Hess.
Bachelor, College Wooster, 1959; STB, Boston University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1980.
Assistant pastor, Wilmington (Massachusetts) Methodist Church, 1961-1963; pastor, William Butler United Methodist Church, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, 1963-1966; adult education teacher, Institute Cultural Affairs, Chicago, 1966-1980; director field studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1980-1983; executive director, Chicago (Illinois) Panel on School Policy, since 1983. National advisory panel member Appalachia Education Laboratory, Charleston, West Virginia, since 1991. Consultant Mayor's Education Summit, Chicago, 1986-1987.
( A much-needed examination of the impact on teachers and...)
Fellow American Anthropology Association. Member American Education Finance Association (board directors 1991-1994), American Education Research Association, Coalition for Ednl. Rights (president 1991-1994), Council Anthropology Education (president since 1996).
Married Judith MacMelville, August 24, 1963 (divorced January 1978). 1 child, Randall William. Married Mary Conway, July 16, 1984.
1 child, Sarah Katherine.