By melding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authors illuminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. This book will shape educational research and reform for many years to come.
?David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History, Stanford University
By melding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authors illuminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. This book will shape educ...
Controversial claims are being debated about school choice and the application of market dynamics to education. But the polemics have far out-paced hard evidence regarding who participates in school choice experiments and what effects are felt by parents, children and schools. This work reports the latest empirical results on choice programs nationwide. Who benefits and who loses under these programs? Do innovative forms of schooling flourish? Does student achievement improve? These are the questions addressed by contributors to this book.
Controversial claims are being debated about school choice and the application of market dynamics to education. But the polemics have far out-paced ha...
Now more than ever, policymakers face a number of difficult and technical questions in the design and implementation of new accountability approaches. This book gathers the emerging knowledge and lessons learned offered by leading scholars in the field to provide an invaluable resource for policymakers, educators, and anyone interested in the pressing issue of accountability and public schools.
Now more than ever, policymakers face a number of difficult and technical questions in the design and implementation of new accountability approaches....
An examination of the varied and often conflicting proposals for restructuring schools that have been put forth to achieve educational reform. It provides administrators, state policymakers, teachers and other educators with an explanation of what can and cannot be achieved through particular restructuring efforts and of the role they can play as individuals to make such efforts.
An examination of the varied and often conflicting proposals for restructuring schools that have been put forth to achieve educational reform. It prov...
The principal s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary one, offering few opportunities to reflect with colleagues. What does it take to manage the work of continuous improvement to push staff members constantly to operate outside their comfort zones? What dilemmas and challenges must principals confront? How can school leaders learn from their mistakes and move forward?
In Becoming a School Principal, Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a school principal committed to enacting a powerful vision...
The principal s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary one, offering few opportunit...
The principal s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary one, offering few opportunities to reflect with colleagues. What does it take to manage the work of continuous improvement to push staff members constantly to operate outside their comfort zones? What dilemmas and challenges must principals confront? How can school leaders learn from their mistakes and move forward?
In Becoming a School Principal, Sarah E. Fiarman describes her first few years as a school principal committed to enacting a powerful vision...
The principal s role is increasingly understood as a critical lever for school improvement. Yet the job can be a solitary one, offering few opportunit...
