College Acceleration : Innovating Through the New American Research High School (Paperback)

from BenTreat

Purpose: A self-promotional high school principal and former for-profit college salesperson writes about his approach to improving student achievement through a "research high school" approach. Strengths: The author seems to have achieved some measure of success in some areas. Limited data are pr...

from LMHTWB

As a high school teacher, I looked forward to reading this book as the presume, high schools students doing college level work for college credit, sound great. Unfortunately, the book fell way short of my expectations. The big problem is what the point of the book is. It claimed to be a documente...

from krao

Eric Ban's book is an interesting framework for how to plan any school, and how to improve any school to become a research-based, consistent and successful machine. I think it is a wonderful guide to educational leaders and teachers. Teachers do want to change their system, but rarely know how to...

from Archivist13

Eric J. Ban approaches the restructuring of America's High School system in much the same way as many others have before him, namely Laurence Steinberg and his book Beyond the Classroom.* Both authors put major responsibility upon the parent's shoulders. Unlike Steinberg however, Ban does not bri...

from frisbeeguy49

College Acceleration is a first hand account of the state of high school education today. The book doesn't just discuss the problem with the US education system but outlines what can be done to fix the problems. Eric's writing is thoughtful and relatable. He is clearly passionate about the Resear...