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Choosing excellence in public schools : where there's a will, there's a way / David W. Hornbeck with Katherine Conner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hornbeck, David W., 1941-
- Series:
- New frontiers in history
- New frontiers in education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Public schools--Standards.
- Public schools.
- United States.
- Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.
- Children with social disabilities.
- Children with social disabilities--Education.
- Public schools--Standards--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 332 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 The Power of Expectations 1
- 2 The Origins of Low Expectations 27
- 3 All Children Can Learn to High Standards 39
- 4 All Children Must Learn to High Levels 51
- 5 We Know How to Make All Schools Effective: Children Achieving and Philadelphia Outcomes 59
- 6 Standards 67
- 7 Assessment 81
- 8 Accountability 93
- 9 Quality Teachers 125
- 10 Quality School Leadership 141
- 11 Promising School Strategies-Part I: Instructional 167
- 12 Promising School Strategies-Part II: Noninstructional 193
- 13 Resources 217
- 14 The Choices We Make Determine School Effectiveness 247
- 15 The Public Will to Make Different Choices 271
- 16 Walk the Walk: Choosing Excellence and Equity in Public Education 299.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607091547
- 1607091542
- 9781607091554
- 1607091550
- 9781607091561
- 1607091569
- OCLC:
- 301947795
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