Changing Schools from the Inside Out Small Wins in Hard Times |
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| Author:
| Larson, Robert L. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60709-527-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Education
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.00 |
Book Description:
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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.'
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.'