Wolk, a former university administrator and founder and Education Week magazine and board member of a non-profit organization which founded the Metropolitan Career and Technical Academy ("The Met"), a successful alternative high school, writes this book for teachers, administrators, and opinion leaders. Wolk asserts that our schools today are fundamentally flawed and cannot be improved without being completely rethought and reassembled. In Part I he outlines what "Ten Flawed Assumptions" commonly made about schools and education. In Part II he offers an alternate approach, drawing examples from The Met's successes. Wolk calls for us to change the way we view and train teachers, to offer students individualized education plans, to emphasize hands-on learning, and to design our curriculum for those born into the digital age. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less