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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797474103321

Autore

Blankstein Alan M. <1959->

Titolo

The answer is in the room : how effective schools scale up student success / / Alan M. Blankstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2011]

�2011

ISBN

1-4522-3893-6

1-5063-3528-4

1-4522-2466-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 117 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Classificazione

EDU032000

Disciplina

371.207

Soggetti

School improvement programs

Educational leadership

Academic achievement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tools to Help Answer the Question in the Room""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Dedication""; ""Chapter 1 - Why We Can't Wait to Scale Student Success""; ""Chapter 2 - A Process to CREATE Sustained Student Success""; ""Chapter 3 - The Courage to Commit to the Work""; ""Chapter 4 - Resources Are in the Room""; ""Chapter 5 - Taking Stock of the Excellence in the Room""; ""Chapter 6 - An Action Plan for Engaging the Entire Learning Community""

""Chapter 7 - Transference of Knowledge and Skills Throughout the Learning Community""""Chapter 8 - Embedding the New Learning in the Culture for Sustainability""; ""Tools to Help Answer the Questions in the Room""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Citing wisdom from top educational experts and building on what is already working, Alan M. Blankstein offers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling these practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools.