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Small schools, big ideas : the essential guide to successful school transformation / Mara Benitez, Jill Davidson, Laura Flaxman.
Van Pelt Library LB2822.82 .B445 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benitez, Mara, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- United States.
- Coalition of Essential Schools.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2009]
- Summary:
- "Developed by The Coalition of Essential Schools, one of the nation's leading school reform networks, The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation provides a comprehensive, principle-based approach for redesigning public schools and creating new schools that enable all students to achieve at high standards. Featuring stories and examples from schools that have successfully implemented the CES model, this powerful blueprint for district and school-level administrators, teachers, reform activists, educational policy makers, and professors distills insights and wisdom gleaned from over 20 years of work restructuring public schools"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Setting the Stage for Transformation
- 1 A Commitment to Equity 3
- 2 Facing the Challenges 21
- 3 Creating the Climate and Conditions for Change 43
- Part 2 Essential Principles for School Design
- 4 Starting with Vision, Mission, and Goals 83
- 5 Transformational Leadership 117
- 6 Cultivating Professional Learning Communities 151
- Part 3 Essential Principles for Learning
- 7 Student-Centered Teaching and Learning 175
- 8 Demonstration of Mastery 211
- 9 Access, Opportunity, and Preparation for Postsecondary Success 243
- Part 4 Embedding Successful Change
- 10 School Culture, Practices, and Community 271
- 11 Strategies for Sustainability 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780470259078
- 0470259078
- OCLC:
- 320799496
- Publisher Number:
- 99935936125
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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