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Leadership for low-performing schools : a step-by-step guide to the school turnaround process / Daniel L. Duke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duke, Daniel Linden.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational change--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Educational change.
- Educational leadership--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Educational leadership.
- Low-performing schools.
- School improvement programs--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- School improvement programs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book draws on extensive research by the author and others on the actions needed to turn around low-performing schools. First, however, the book examines the personal qualities needed to undertake the turnaround process.
- Contents:
- It's all about leading change
- Launching the turnaround process
- Diagnosing the causes of low performance
- Planning for the short term and the long run
- First order strategies : the foundations of turnaround
- Second order strategies : getting focused on student outcomes
- Setting the stage for a new beginning
- Ensuring early progress
- Sustaining progress
- The role of the school district in turnaround success.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40311-1
- 1-4758-1026-1
- OCLC:
- 919087598
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