Education Disrupted : Strategies for Saving Our Failing Schools.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Les, Author.

Stein, Alex Stein, Jessica, Author, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--Prevention.

School improvement programs.

School failure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD, USA R&L Education 20131101

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book will help public school educators understand that turnaround efforts are based on sound leadership principles - nothing more, nothing less. It also provides school leaders with the critical skills to turn around failing schools and, more importantly, prevent their schools from failing in the first place.

Contents:

Defining school failure

The phenomenon of failing schools

Examining the root causes of school failure

All roads to successful schools lead to leadership

Students need classroom leadership not classroom management

The art of communicating a turnaround

Creating a successful school culture

Turnaround schools need financial growth and stability

Using data as a force multiplier

Planning strategically for turnaround and beyond

Creating a model for success.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

979-82-16-28190-0

1-4758-0062-2

OCLC:

868917965