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Rethinking the Education Mess: A Systems Approach to Education Reform

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Ian I. Mitroff

    1. Saybrook University, San Francisco, USA
      School of Public Health, St. Louis University, USA
      USC, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Lindan B. Hill

    1. Academy for Teaching and Learning, Marian University, USA
      Marian University, Indianapolis, USA

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  3. Can M. Alpaslan

    1. College of Business & Economics, California State University, Northridge, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction—TEM, The Education Mess

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 1-9

  3. What Is a System and What Is a Mess?

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 10-27

  4. The Psychology and Philosophy of Inquiry, Philosophical Psychology, and Psychological Philosophy

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 28-48

  5. The Charter School Mess, A Messy Systems View

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 49-60

  6. The Charter Schools of the Future—Possible Designs

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 61-70

  7. Hiding in Plain Sight: Education Reform in Indiana

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 71-86

  8. General Heuristics for Coping with The Education Mess

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 87-100

  9. Waiting for Wilberforce—Making Sense of and Coping with the Tragic and Senseless

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 101-135

  10. Crisis Management—An Imperative For Schools

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 136-155

  11. Epilogue

    • Ian I. Mitroff, Lindan B. Hill, Can M. Alpaslan
    Pages 156-160

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 161-172
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Using a form of systems thinking, this book analyzes K-12 education as a complex, "messy" system that must be tackled as a whole and provides a series of heuristics to help those involved in the education mess to improve the system as a whole.

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"Rethinking the Education Mess brings a much-needed fresh look at the problems of education in the United States today and offers a hopeful outlook for those who take up the systems-based understanding that it conveys. It should be read by parents, educators, administrators, and public policy makers for its wisdom and insights." - Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, USA

"Ian Mitroff and colleagues have proven themselves masters at understanding and explaining complex causal webs that can only be understood in their entirety, and then rethinking them. In this thoughtful book he applies his mastery to education - one of the most complex, especially in need of being rethought." - Robert Reich, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and former US Secretary of Labor

Authors and Affiliations

  • Saybrook University, San Francisco, USA

    Ian I. Mitroff

  • School of Public Health, St. Louis University, USA

    Ian I. Mitroff

  • USC, Los Angeles, USA

    Ian I. Mitroff

  • Academy for Teaching and Learning, Marian University, USA

    Lindan B. Hill

  • Marian University, Indianapolis, USA

    Lindan B. Hill

  • College of Business & Economics, California State University, Northridge, USA

    Can M. Alpaslan

About the authors

Author Ian I. Mitroff: Ian I. Mitroff is Senior Research Associate at the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA; Professor Emeritus of the University of Southern California, USA; and President of Mitroff Crisis Management. Author Lindan B. Hill: Lindan B. Hill is Assistant Vice President and Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning Leadership, Marian University, USA. Author Can M. Alpaslan: Can M. Alpaslan is Professor in the Department of Management at California State University, Northridge, USA.

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