Leadership for equity and excellence : creating high-achievement classrooms, schools, and districts / James Joseph Scheurich, Linda Skrla ; foreword by Carl D. Glickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheurich, James Joseph, 1944-

Contributor:

Skrla, Linda, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Physical Description:

xviii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [2003]

Summary:

This resource encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student advancement using tools such as accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy. The authors demonstrate how deeply held beliefs manifest as biases, preventing educators from unlocking their students' potential. Contents: Foreword/Acknowledgments/About the Authors/Working on the Dream/Learning To Believe the Dream Is Possible/Standards and Curriculum/Instruction and Classroom Climate/Accountability and Appropriate Data Usage/Using Data to Uncover and Erase Systemic Inequities/School Leadership and Continuous Improvement/Proactive Redundancy/Deep Collaboration with Parents and Community/The Final Call/References/Index

Contents:

Working on the dream

Learning to believe the dream is possible

Standards and curriculum

Instruction and classroom climate

Accountability and appropriate data usage

Using data to uncover and erase systemic inequities

School leadership and continuous improvement

Proactive redundancy

Deep collaboration with parents and community

The final call : working on the dream each day in every way.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.

ISBN:

0761945857

0761945865

OCLC:

51095641