Getting By or Getting Better
Applying Effective Schools Research to Today's Issues
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2011
184 pages
978-1-936765-67-6 (ISBN)
Description
Learn how 14 schools became exemplary using excellent planning processes and action steps for total school improvement. Building on their work in Harbors of Hope, the authors reveal seven lessons for success based on the correlates of effective schools. Equip yourself with viable, practical school improvement strategies that are supported by a solid research base.
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Wayne Hully | Linda Dier
Getting by or Getting Better
Applying Effective Schools Research to Today's Issues
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05/2009
Solution Tree Press
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Where We Have Been
- Chapter 2: Where We Are Now
- Chapter 3: School Change Is Difficult...Expect It to Be Messy and Upsetting
- Chapter 4: Leadership Matters...The More, the Better
- Chapter 5: Measurement Matters...But Not to Everyone
- Chapter 6: If at First You Don't Succeed...Do Whatever It Takes
- Chapter 7: Getting It Right Once Is Not Enough...Growth and Learning Must Be Ongoing
- Chapter 8: Academics Are the Focus...But Other Things Matter, Too
- Chapter 9: Expec Rocks and Hard Places...They Are Inevitable
- Appendix A: Rubric for Reviewing School Information
- Appendix B: Schools That Contrtibuted to Getting By or Getting Better
- Appendix C: Getting Better, Not Just Getting By: A Structured Plan to Improve
