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Author Blankstein, Alan M., 1959- author.

Title The answer is in the room : how effective schools scale up student success / Alan M. Blankstein
Published Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press, a joint publication with the HOPE Foundation, [2011]
©2011

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Contents 1. Why we can't wait to scale student success -- 2. A process to CREATE sustained student success -- 3. The courage to commit to the work -- 4. Resources are in the room -- 5. Taking stock of the excellence in the room -- 6. An action plan for engaging the entire learning community -- 7. Transference of knowledge and skills throughout the learning community -- 8. Embedding the new learning in the culture for sustainability
Summary This guide offers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools. His five-step process includes: identifying and assessing excellence, creating an action plan, assigning resources such as time, materials, etc., transferring excellence in the form of knowledge and skills throughout the school and district, and sustaining the excellence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject School improvement programs.
Educational leadership.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Educational leadership.
School improvement programs.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011019156
ISBN 9781452224664
1452224668
141299876X
9781452238937
9781412998765
1452238936