Changing Schools from the Inside Out: Small Wins in Hard Times

by Robert Larson

Book Overview

Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607095289
• ISBN13: 9781607095286
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"