Unfinished business : a regional education laboratory retrospective on school improvement / Pauline Egelson, C. Steven Bingham, Barbara B. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egelson, Pauline, author.

Bingham, Charles Steven, author.

Howard, Barbara B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SERVE (Organization).

Regional Educational Laboratory Program (U.S.).

Regional educational laboratories--Southern States.

Regional educational laboratories.

School improvement programs--Southern States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"Unfinished Business A Regional Education Laboratory Retrospective on School Improvement is authored by education professionals who were once employed at one of the ten US federally funded education research and development laboratories, SERVE comprised of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. The school improvement recollections found in this book sprung not from authors' minds alone but were supported with facts, evidence, and research and literature, including interviews and evidence from former clients and collaborators. Each of the book authors wrote at least one chapter about a school improvement initiative that they were part of. Compared to the other nine labs, SERVE was heavily field based. SERVEs projects and publications focused on school improvement, research, policy, and professional development. The work was typically launched in a spirit best described as emergent design. Building on extant research and best practice, potential clients across the six-state region were approached with ideas for educational interventions and evidence to support theories of action. It is underscored that improving Americas public schools and the teachers and principals who lead them is a continuous process and difficult work. It is hoped that this book will offer suggestions to educators about how to implement school improvement, what works and what doesn't, and how initiatives can and do evolve positively and have an impact over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The less traveled road to school improvement : the US Department of Education, Regional Education Laboratory Program, and SERVE / C. Steven Bingham

Comprehensive school improvement at SERVE / Rebecca Rhoden Ogletree

Senior project : a culminating assessment for 12th graders / Paula Egelson

Teacher growth and assessment : the SERVE model of teacher evaluation / Barbara B. Howard

SERVE as change agent : school district reform / Paula Egelson

Leadership development : a SERVE program director's autoethnography / C. Steven Bingham

Professional learning teams : teacher collaboration to improve instructional quality / R. Anne Jolly

Class size reduction : a decade of research, policy, and initiatives / Patrick H. Harman

SERVE Teachers-of-the-Year Advisory Committee : mobilizing and organizing Southeastern state teacher leaders for school improvement / R. Anne Jolly and C. Steven Bingham

A SERVE retrospective on school improvement : lessons learned / C. Steven Bingham, Barbara B. Howard, and Paula Egelson

Epilogue : impressions from a senior evaluator / Susan Stemples Harman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-87307-87-9

OCLC:

1463068680