| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index. |
| Contents |
The current context for school improvement -- What research and practice teach us about change -- Schools as organizations -- Bromley and Mansfield: two case studies -- Good schools and small-scale change -- Magnifying the innovation map -- The potential of small wins and related strategies -- Levers and footings for change. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education, Secondary -- Aims and objectives. |
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United States. |
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School improvement programs -- United States.
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School improvement programs. |
| ISBN |
9781607095286 paperback alkaline paper |
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1607095289 |
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9781607095279 |
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1607095270 |
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