Reviews for Breakdown or breakthrough

The average rating for Breakdown or breakthrough based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-02 00:00:00 Surawudh Makudi It is a well-written book but a little over my head as I am new to learning about leadership. I had to reread and refer to Google a couple of times, but that is because I am taking a class on Leadership in Social Change and I am not as familiar with the theories and other terminology. With that said, I feel that if I reread this book after I take a couple of different classes, I would understand the language a little more.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-29 00:00:00 John Gonzalez 10-4-10 Reread most of book. This was written in 1995, but the parallels to today's education debate about merit pay, technology, standards, etc. are incredible. I still recommend that my friends find this at the library and read the prologue, chapters 1 & 5, and the epilogue. It's kind of wordy, but gives insightful perspective on the supposedly new education "reforms" in the media. Initial comment: Wow! If only everyone--individuals in education and everyone else--could just read the introduction and 1st chapter of this book, the debate about education and our "broken" system would be exponentially more intelligent. I am reading my professor's copy of this right now. I am going to buy this for myself and I am seriously going to buy a copy and give it to my state house representative. There's no hope for my state senator or my national senators and representative, so I won't bother. Finished: Fabulous, important book! The middle 3 chapters are very interesting, as well as instructive on how schools and many of the ideas for "reform" actually started, but the history may a little bit too much to dig through if you're not totally interested in the topic. If you're willing to read about 75 pgs. with a lot of relevance to educational debates today, check this out from the library and read the intro, Chapters 1 and 5, and the epilogue. I am seriously giving this to my rep. after the election in a couple of weeks.