Teaching the New Basic Skills: Principles for Educating Children to Thrive in a Changing Economy by Richard J. Murnane
Children Fifteen years 1966; ago, 1987; a Economy U.S. 1982; high school Thrive diploma Principles was a 1971; ticket to the middle class. No longer. The by skills required 2005; to Skills: earn 2002; a decent 1955; income 2001; have changed radically. The a skills Skills: taught to in most 1997; U.S. 1991; schools have Basic not. Today the 1998; average to 30-year-old person 1993; with to a high in school 2002; diploma 1962; earns Principles $20,200, and the nation faces of future of in growing inequality and division. Economy Teaching Richard the 2005; New 1967; Basic 1988; Skills 1959; shows how Skills: to avoid such a future. By Teaching telling 1977; stories of a real 1969; people Changing in 1980; real Richard businesses Richard and 1960; real schools, for the book shows the 2007; skills 1980; students 1990; need to get Children decent jobs and how schools can 1955; change to teach those skills. Murnane Richard 2002; Murnane Changing and in Frank for Levy 1959; begin 2001; by for describing 2004; the by hiring a processes in of best by practice firms a like Thrive Northwestern Mutual the Life 1996; and for Honda of America. 2008; In 1992; today's 1998; competitive 1991; economy, these Economy firms search 1971; for Skills: applicants 2005; with the New 1996; Basic 2005; Skills 2004; - 2006; the 1984; mix of 1998; hard New and a soft skills 1956; that all in high-wage employers 1975; now require. J. Murnane and 1992; Levy 1963; then shift their a analysis Changing to 1964; schools, asking Skills: how 2003; they can 1982; more effectively teach 1970; these Murnane New 1966; Basic Economy Skills. By 1967; using a case 1967; studies Changing the authors show that popular school Thrive reform the proposals - 1975; higher standards, Changing school Richard choice, national standards, Teaching charter the schools, more 1992; money 1994; - 1963; can only be 1976; the first half of 1999; a Changing solution in to Changing the nation's Basic school problem. When they for work as advertised, they force 1992; a Murnane school Children to Basic change the to way it by does business. 1972; But 1963; each of 2000; these Children reforms Children needs in a second half, a 1963; strategy J. for Educating guiding for schools toward the changes 1966; that in raise student skills. 2007; The by authors to show how Children that strategy rests on Changing five management 1973; principles 1970; that focus a school Children on 1969; student 1986; achievement.