Schools that succeed : how educators marshal the power of systems for improvement / Karin Chenoweth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chenoweth, Karin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Minorities--Education.

Low-income students.

Education.

Educational accountability.

United States.

Academic achievement--United States--Case studies.

Academic achievement.

Educational accountability--United States--Case studies.

Educational leadership--United States--Case studies.

Educational leadership.

Low-income students--Education--United States--Case studies.

Minorities--Education--United States--Case studies.

Minorities.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

229 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]

Summary:

Karin Chenoweth shows that turning around low performing schools is difficult work, but the knowledge and expertise needed to do it successfully already exists in various schools.-- Provided by the publisher

Contents:

Introduction: What We Can Learn from Experts: It Takes Systems

1. Finding and uncovering expertise: Artesia High School, Lakewood, Los Angeles

2. "It's Not Just That": Systems at Malverne High School, Malverne, New York

3. How Malverne Became Malverne: Replicating Expertise at Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont, New York

4. Starting from Scratch: Dr. Robert W. Gilliard Elementary School, Mobile, Alabama

5. Experts and Their Systems at Work: Four Stories

6. Why Expertise Is Not Enough: A Cautionary Tale

7. Could There Be "Unexpected Districts" as Well as Unexpected Schools?

8. Marshaling the Power of Schools.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682530276

1682530272

9781682530283

1682530280

OCLC:

964242762

Publisher Number:

99972632832