The Keys to Effective Schools
Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
2nd Edition
Published on 12. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-4129-4101-3 (ISBN)
Description
Raise organizational effectiveness to improve the quality of instruction and dramatically impact student achievement!
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Working in tandem with the powerful National Education Association's KEYS initiative (Keys to Excellence in Your Schools), this second edition focuses on how to change a school's organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Each chapter, revised and updated to address continuous improvement and narrowing the achievement gap, provides a wealth of knowledge from leading experts in the field including Patricia A. Alexander, Eva L. Baker, James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Lorna M. Earl, Richard F. Elmore, Michael Fullan, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Kenneth Leithwood, Ann Lieberman, Judith Warren Little, Lynne Miller, P. Karen Murphy, Fred M. Newmann, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, Walter G. Stephan, Gary Sykes, and Linda Valli.
Educators at all levels, policymakers, and parents will discover how to apply the lessons learned from research. This essential handbook provides new chapters, including exemplary practice on teaching and learning for a multicultural society and on continuous school improvement.
Now you can advance to the next level of change with an integral resource for school reform.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a book that we need now more than ever. Continuous improvement stands at the heart of school leadership and school improvement. This update brings the best thinkers and the strongest voices on the topic together to help launch a stronger and deeper effort for improvement that is likely to sustain itself. Readers will find this new edition timely and helpful." -- Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education "An illuminating, must-read book that brings laser-like focus from several perspectives about the most important components in sustainable school reform." -- Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools "Provides valuable insights into how systematic reform works, offers suggestions regarding successful learning environments, and addresses the need for intensive, long-term professional development for the purpose of engaging teachers, administrators, and their colleagues in communities of practice supported by a strong school culture." -- Pedro ReyesMore details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
365 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-4101-3 (9781412941013)
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2nd Edition
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Previous edition
Willis D. Hawley | Donald L. Rollie
The Keys to Effective Schools
Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement
Book
01/2002
1st Edition
Corwin Press Inc
€43.55
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Person
Willis D. Hawley is Professor of Education and Public Affairs at the Univer-sity of Maryland, where he served as Dean of the College of Education from 1993 to 1998. He taught at Yale, Duke, and Vanderbilt universities before going to Maryland. He has published numerous books, articles, and book chapters dealing with teacher education, school reform, urban politics, po-litical learning, organizational change, school desegregation, and educa-tional policy. His most recent research deals with the professional develop-ment of teachers, the education of teachers (in the United States and Japan), school restructuring and effectiveness, family influences on the academic performance of Southeast Asian children in the United States, and race re-lations. He has served as consultant to numerous public agencies, includ-ing the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, and the World Bank, as well as many state and local governments, foundations, and professional associations. He also organized and directs the Common Destiny Alliance, a coalition of national organi-zations and scholars interested in using research to improve intergroup relations.
Content
Introduction to the Second Edition - Reg Weaver
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement - Donald L. Rollie
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement - Michael Fullan
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching - P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment - Fred M. Newmann
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration - Judith Warren Little
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom - Eva L. Baker
6. Assessment as Learning - Lorna M. Earl
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities - Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development - Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning - Kenneth Leithwood
10. Continuous School Improvement - Willis D. Hawley and Gary Sykes
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society - James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, and Walter G. Stephan
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement - Richard F. Elmore
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement - Donald L. Rollie
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement - Michael Fullan
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching - P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander
3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment - Fred M. Newmann
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration - Judith Warren Little
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom - Eva L. Baker
6. Assessment as Learning - Lorna M. Earl
7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities - Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development - Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning - Kenneth Leithwood
10. Continuous School Improvement - Willis D. Hawley and Gary Sykes
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society - James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, and Walter G. Stephan
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement - Richard F. Elmore
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index