Leaving School: Finding Education [Paperback]

Jon Wiles (Author), John Lundt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2004

Leaving School: Finding Education comprehensively explains how American schools have failed to make the transition to the new technological age of the 21st Century. As America enters this new millennium, parents, educators and even politicians are seeking a way out of the fiscal burdens and performance failures that characterize America’s schools.

Leaving School: Finding Education proposes a "per child" funding pattern and the use of vouchers to induce change in education. A scenario is provided to illustrate how e-learning could replace the traditional schooling experience. Learning portals for all Americans are proposed and real examples from existing Internet resources are provided. The entry of business into truly functional education is portrayed.

Leaving School: Finding Education is a candid account of a national scandal; one that is unfolding daily in districts throughout the United States. This book is unique in proposing to reform education by leaving the outdated places we call schools. The ideas discussed promise to be invigorating to readers on both side of the political aisle. This "must read" will be a breath of fresh air for those who are frustrated with schools and yet hopeful about education!

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About the Author

Dr. Jon Wiles is the author of 12 books addressing educational leadership. He has served as a classroom teacher and consultant to schools and educational agencies in forty states and twelve nations during the past 30 years. He is currently a professor of Education at the University of North Florida.

Dr. John Lundt is a Professor of Education at the University of Montana. He is active as a futurist in education and has served as a classroom teacher, school administrator, and private consultant to schools and agencies in the United States, Europe, the Mid-East, and Asia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Matanzas Press (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974873101
• ISBN-13: 978-0974873107
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,837,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Wiles is an experienced educational consultant and author of ten textbooks on education. In addition, he is the author of two biographical books: Suzanne Tillier: Story of an Extraordinary Woman and Phillip Singer: An Accounting.

Jon and his wife Michele reside in St. Augustine, Florida.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Forward thinking stuff, December 31, 2011

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Jackie O - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaving School: Finding Education (Paperback)

These guys are way out front of the education establishment. The book will not be well received by those in power.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading, July 5, 2006

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Tchn4fun "Tchn4fun" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaving School: Finding Education (Paperback)

I actually had Dr. Wiles as my professor last year while attending UNF for my Master's. The book leaves a lot to be desired like the class itself. Virtual School is the way it pushes but with unreal expectations.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Daring but flawed, March 15, 2005

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Flat Stan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaving School: Finding Education (Paperback)

Much like Lewis Pearlman's Schools Out, this is another discussion about education reform that does not adequately account for the problems with the "framework" of modernism. Philosophically, modernism has been on the defensive if not defeated for years, but in general, the academia associated with the field of education lags behind in recognizing and articulating alternative post modern views. The book suggests that we further embrace the central role of technology as a solution for our education system. Technology can play an important peripheral role, but the role of schools as a physical part of community and as communities themselves needs to grow not recede to impoverished severed internet based experiences with limited real social contexts. One of the books authors is from the University of Montana, the same University as Dr. Albert Borgman (Philosophy of Technology). It would serve the authors to read some of Borgman's writing (Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life or Crossing the Postmodern Divide). It might lend additional philosophical depth and recognition of some of the complex problems in our culture with our relationship to technology.