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How Schools Work

Author : Arne Duncan
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501173065
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book How Schools Work written by Arne Duncan and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book merits every American’s serious consideration” (Vice President Joe Biden): from the Secretary of Education under President Obama, an exposé of the status quo that helps maintain a broken system at the expense of our kids’ education, and threatens our nation’s future. “Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Education, but it’s the truth.” So opens Arne Duncan’s How Schools Work, although the title could just as easily be How American Schools Work for Some, Not for Others, and Only Now and Then for Kids. Drawing on nearly three decades in education—from his mother’s after-school program on Chicago’s South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in Washington, DC—How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can’t help poor kids, unions that refuse to modernize, Tea Partiers who call him an autocrat, affluent white progressive moms who hate yearly tests, and even the NRA, which once labeled Arne the “most extreme anti-gun member of President Obama’s Cabinet.” Going to a child’s funeral every couple of weeks, as he did when he worked in Chicago, will do that to a person. How Schools Work exposes the lies that have caused American kids to fall behind their international peers, from early childhood all the way to college graduation rates. But it also identifies what really does make a school work. “As insightful as it is inspiring” (Washington Book Review), How Schools Work will embolden parents, teachers, voters, and even students to demand more of our public schools. If America is going to be great, then we can accept nothing less.

Getting Schools Working

Author : Nick Taylor
Publisher : Pearson South Africa
ISBN 13 : 9781868912421
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Getting Schools Working written by Nick Taylor and published by Pearson South Africa. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic review of research projects into the state of education in South Africa.

How to Get Your Book Into Schools and Double Your Income with Volume Sales

Author : David H. Hendrickson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948134064
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book How to Get Your Book Into Schools and Double Your Income with Volume Sales written by David H. Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever dreamed of an entire school reading your book? Would you like to double (or more!) your writing income? With advice and insights that are adaptable to getting your book in front of audiences ranging from middle grade to high school to college, and even to corporations, this book is for you!

Making Schools Work

Author : William G. Ouchi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Making Schools Work written by William G. Ouchi and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This program has produced significant, lasting improvements in the school districts where it has already been implemented. Drawing on the results of a landmark study of 223 schools in six cities, a project that Ouchi supervised and that was funded in part by the National Science Foundation, Making Schools Work shows that a school's educational performance may be most directly affected by how the school is managed."--BOOK JACKET.

The New Teacher Book

Author : Terry Burant
Publisher : Rethinking Schools
ISBN 13 : 0942961471
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book The New Teacher Book written by Terry Burant and published by Rethinking Schools. This book was released on 2010 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching is a lifelong challenge, but the first few years in the classroom are typically a teacher's hardest. This expanded collection of writings and reflections offers practical guidance on how to navigate the school system, form rewarding relationships with colleagues, and connect in meaningful ways with students and families from all cultures and backgrounds.

Getting Schools to Work Better

Author : Yifei Yan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003830641
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Getting Schools to Work Better written by Yifei Yan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yifei Yan’s ambitious multi-method case study of government middle schools in Beijing and Delhi provides fresh insights into how educational accountability can be designed to work, in part and as a whole. Getting schools to work better is a challenge just about everywhere. Many policy experts prescribe measures for strengthening school accountability, either through government command and control or through alternative market and societal actors. In challenging this conventional wisdom, this book examines how China and India are tackling the challenge with a specific focus on supporting teachers along with traditional accountability-strengthening measures. The book draws implications from its case studies for how education systems can be designed towards the fulfilment of Sustainable Development Goal 4. It further develops the concept of "Accountability 3.0" to elucidate a novel and more holistic reconceptualisation of the appropriate means needed to fulfil multiple purposes of accountability, in which providing support to frontline workers is viewed as an integral component. This book will appeal to a wide spectrum of scholars and practitioners in the fields of comparative education, public administration, public policy and development studies, among others. It will be especially interesting to those from the developing world facing similar accountability challenges as described.

Learning to Improve

Author : Anthony S. Bryk
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 161250793X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Improve written by Anthony S. Bryk and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than “implementing fast and learning slow,” they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to “learn fast to implement well.” Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, the authors show how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education. Organized around six core principles, the book shows how “networked improvement communities” can bring together researchers and practitioners to accelerate learning in key areas of education. Examples include efforts to address the high rates of failure among students in community college remedial math courses and strategies for improving feedback to novice teachers. Learning to Improve offers a new paradigm for research and development in education that promises to be a powerful driver of improvement for the nation’s schools and colleges.

Getting Choice Right

Author : Julian R. Betts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815797974
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Getting Choice Right written by Julian R. Betts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-12-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume from the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education examines the connections between school choice and the goals of equity and efficiency in education. The contributors—distinguished university professors, high school administrators, and scholars from research institutions around the country—assess the efficiency of the educational system, analyzing efforts to boost average achievement. Their discussion of equity focuses on the reduction of racial and religious segregation in education, as well as measures to ensure that "no child is left behind." The result is an authoritative and balanced look at how to maximize benefits while minimizing risks in the implementation of school choice. The National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education was established to explore how choice works and to examine how communities interested in the potential benefits of new school options could obtain them while avoiding choice's potential harms. In addition to the editors, commissioners include Paul T. Hill and Dan Goldhaber (University of Washington), David Ferrero (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Brian P. Gill and Laura Hamilton (Rand), Jeffrey R. Henig (Teachers College, Columbia University), Frederick M. Hess (American Enterprise Institute), Stephen Macedo (Princeton University), Lawrence Rosenstock (High Tech High, San Diego), Charles Venegoni (Civitas Schools in Chicago), Janet Weiss (University of Michigan), and Patrick J. Wolf (Georgetown University).

Making Schools Work

Author : William G. Ouchi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439108102
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Making Schools Work written by William G. Ouchi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a bold, persuasive new argument into the national debate over education, Dr. William Ouchi describes a revolutionary approach to creating successful public schools. This program has produced significant, lasting improvements in the school districts where it has already been implemented. Drawing on the results of a landmark study of 223 schools in six cities, a project that Ouchi supervised and that was funded in part by the National Science Foundation, Making Schools Work shows that a school's educational performance may be most directly affected by how the school is managed. Ouchi's 2001-2002 study examined innovative school systems in Edmonton (Canada), Seattle, and Houston, and compared them with the three largest traditional school systems: New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Researchers discovered that the schools that consistently performed best also had the most decentralized management systems, in which autonomous principals -- not administrators in a central office -- controlled school budgets and personnel hiring policies. They were fully responsible and fully accountable for the performance of their schools. With greater freedom and flexibility to shape their educational programs, hire specialists as needed, and generally determine the direction of their school, the best principals will act as entrepreneurs, says Ouchi. Those who do poorly are placed under the supervision of successful principals, who assume responsibility for the failing schools. An essential component of this management approach is the Weighted Student Formula, a budgetary tool whereby every student is evaluated and assessed a certain dollar value in educational services (a non-English-speaking or autistic student, or one from a low-income family, for example, would receive a higher dollar value than a middle-class student with no special needs). Families have the freedom to choose among public schools, and when schools must compete for students, good schools flourish while those that do poorly literally go out of business. Such accountability has long worked for religious and independent schools, where parents pay a premium for educational performance. Making Schools Work shows how the same approach can be adapted to public schools. The book also provides guidelines for parents on how to evaluate a school and make sure their child is getting the best education possible. Revolutionary yet practical, Making Schools Work shows that positive educational reform is within reach and, indeed, already happening in schools across the country.

Working with Your Schools

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights. Oklahoma Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Working with Your Schools written by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Oklahoma Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Working with Your Schools

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights. Louisiana Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Working with Your Schools written by United States Commission on Civil Rights. Louisiana Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

Author : Zaretta Hammond
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483308022
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain written by Zaretta Hammond and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction. The book includes: Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection

Why is it So Hard to Get Good Schools?

Author : Larry Cuban
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807742945
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Why is it So Hard to Get Good Schools? written by Larry Cuban and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2003-01-11 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a strong counter voice to today's standards-based reform, this book features powerful ideas on teacher education, curriculum, and school administration in an accessible lecture style by Larry Cuban, an experienced teacher, administrator, and acclaimed author. Based on Cuban's Julius and Rosa Sachs Lectures for 2001-2002, this volume is a must-read for everyone interested in improving our schools.

Making Schools Work

Author : Marcus A. Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Making Schools Work written by Marcus A. Foster and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Work in Schools

Author : Linda Openshaw
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1462506739
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Social Work in Schools written by Linda Openshaw and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible and authoritative text gives social workers the tools they need for effective and ethical practice in school settings. Readers learn practical skills for observation, assessment, intervention, and research that will enable them to respond to the needs of diverse students from preschool through the secondary grades. The book presents strategies for dealing with particular problems, such as violence, trauma, parental absence, substance abuse, bereavement, and mental health concerns. Also reviewed are developmental issues that can interfere with school success. Specific guidelines for implementing interventions, including group work, are provided. Student-friendly features include many concrete examples; study and discussion questions; and reproducible letters, forms, and checklists.

Making Schools Work

Author : Cheryl L. Fagnano
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429720505
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Making Schools Work written by Cheryl L. Fagnano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the fundamental and essential question, "How do we improve schools?" prominent education theorists and practitioners examine the imperative of education reform. They confront and analyze the pressing need for effective, systematic ways to improve education in order to ensure competent students and graduates, and they offer numerous innovative ideas and models for reform. The discussions in this book are the fruits of the 1992 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards Retreat. Committed to recognizing the contributions of educators, the annual conference advances professional development and celebrates—publicly—professional achievement. Addressed in this volume are such urgent and far-reaching issues as enrichment versus remedial strategies for at-risk students; educators' responses to extra-education demands; creative leadership among practitioners; and the crucial role of educator awards. Practitioners, policymakers, and anyone wanting to stay current with the state of American education will find this useful and valuable reading.

The Schools Our Children Deserve

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618083459
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The Schools Our Children Deserve written by Alfie Kohn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.