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Cuban, Larry was born on October 31, 1934 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Morris and Fanny (Janofsky) Cuban.
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Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform by David Tyack (1997-03-25)
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Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
( For over a century, Americans have translated their cul...)
For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, the actual reforms have been gradual and incremental. Tinkering toward Utopia documents the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea and the moderate pace of change in educational practices. In this book, David Tyack and Larry Cuban explore some basic questions about the nature of educational reform. Why have Americans come to believe that schooling has regressed? Have educational reforms occurred in cycles, and if so, why? Why has it been so difficult to change the basic institutional patterns of schooling? What actually happened when reformers tried to "reinvent" schooling? Tyack and Cuban argue that the ahistorical nature of most current reform proposals magnifies defects and understates the difficulty of changing the system. Policy talk has alternated between lamentation and overconfidence. The authors suggest that reformers today need to focus on ways to help teachers improve instruction from the inside out instead of decreeing change by remote control, and that reformers must also keep in mind the democratic purposes that guide public education.
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Larry Cuban
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Larry Cuban, American Education educator. Certified teacher, California, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania. John Hay Whitney Foundation fellow, 1960-1961; Research grantee National Institute Education, 1980, Spencer Foundation, 1988. Member American Ednl. Research Association (president 1990-1991), History Education Society, Phi Delta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor in History, U. Pittsburgh, 1955; Master of Arts in History, Case-Western Reserve U., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1974.
Career
Biology teacher, McKeesport (Pennsylvania) Public Schools, 1955-1956; social studies teacher, Cleveland Public Schools, 1956-1963; master teacher history, Washington District of Columbia Public Schools, 1963-1965; director lardozo project in urban teaching, Washington District of Columbia Public Schools, 1965-1967; social studies teacher, Washington District of Columbia Public Schools, 1967-1968, 70-72; director staff development, Washington District of Columbia Public Schools, 1968-1970; superintendent, Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools, 1974-1981; professor, Stanford University School Education, since 1981. Consultant in field.
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Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
( For over a century, Americans have translated their cul...)
- Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform by David Tyack (1997-03-25)
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Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
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Member American Ednl. Research Association (president 1990-1991), History Education Society, Phi Delta Kappa.
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Married Barbara Joan Smith, June 15, 1958. Children: Sonora, Janice.
