Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform

"...surely the message Tyack and Cuban are trying to deliver is crucial: Understand the political nature of school reform; involve teachers; understand how complex the process is and how much thought and patience it takes; learn from the past. When we try to use radical school reform to solve whatever public problem seems most urgent--that endless cycle of educational crisis, utopian demand, and disillusionment--we fail both our schools and our society."Larry Cuban is the author of 'Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform', published 1997 under ISBN 9780674892835 and ISBN 0674892836.