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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Reframing the goals of school reform<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592138937&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1518_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>The Teacher's Attention</h1>
<H2>Why Our Kids Must and Can Get Smaller Schools and Classes</H2>
<h3>Garrett Delavan</h3>
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<BR> 244 pp
6x9
11 tables 3 figures 17 halftones
</P><BLOCKQUOTE><I><p><i>"Delavan makes his case well and he handles the overall issues on class size very well. This is a unique book. No one has brought together this large body of literature and work on class size. The references are solid,
thorough, and impressive."</i><BR>—<b>Jerome Rabow, Professor Emeritus</b>, University of California,
Los Angeles, and Lecturer, California State University,
Northridge</p></I></BLOCKQUOTE>
<p><i>The Teacher’s Attention</i> is a fresh take on relationships in schools.
Looking beyond our obsession with raising test scores, this book
recognizes that education is a key partner in raising children. Garrett
Delavan contends that allowing students, educators and parents to
navigate a smaller number of relationships—a concept he calls
"relationship load"—provides many benefits, including a better
chance at achieving equal access to a good education for all children.</p><p>
Delavan shows how class size, school size, and longer-term student-teacher relationships are all equally critical components for educating our children ethically and successfully. After examining these proposed reforms in detail, Delavan also considers counterarguments and provides a detailed projection of costs and savings,
putting to rest the assumption that smaller classes and smaller schools
are necessarily more expensive. Finally, the book discusses possible
steps toward implementation, showing how the author's proposed
reforms are remarkably practical.</p>
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
Introduction
<br>1. First and Foremost
<br>2. Getting the Crisis Right
<br>3. The Racial Relationship Gap
<br>4. Defiing the Harm: Adult Attention Deficit
<br>5. The Four-Piece Relationship Load Solution
<br>6. The Core of the Relationship Load Effect
<br>7. The Counterarguments
<br>8. The Costs and Savings
<br>9. Implementation at the School and District Levels
<br>10. Implementation at the State and Federal Levels
<br>11. Help from the Private Sector
<br>12. Implementation at Kid Level
<br>Conclusion
<br>Appendices
<br>Notes
<br>References
<br>Index
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/1986_au1.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Garrett Delavan</b> is a secondary teacher in the Salt Lake City
public schools.</P></td></tr></table>
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