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Changing Schools from the Inside Out: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas

Changing Schools from the Inside Out: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas

Robert L. Larson
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At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.--Scott Thomson, former executive director, National Association of Secondary School Principals and executive secretary, National Policy Board fo
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
ebook
Release
January 01, 2011
ISBN 13
9781607095293

Changing Schools from the Inside Out: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas

Robert L. Larson
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.--Scott Thomson, former executive director, National Association of Secondary School Principals and executive secretary, National Policy Board fo
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
ebook
Release
January 01, 2011
ISBN 13
9781607095293

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