Diane Ravitch, a one-time supporter of the No Child Left Behind Act, discusses the failures of the system, lowered testing standards, and her concerns for the education system in the United States.
creating culture, community, and personal meaning in our schools
Sergiovanni, Thomas J
2000
Examines the link between school character and school improvement, explaining how principals, superintendents, and policymakers can protect their schools and create better educational systems by building institutional character at the local level.
practical strategies for complying with district and state requirements
Thurlow, Martha L
2003
Presents a comprehensive resource on assessing special needs' children and includes reproducible forms and worksheets, listings of assistance networks, and advice on working with ESL learners, and more.
Describes the process by which the staff at Lee Richmond School in California went about improving the quality of education being provided to students through a process that included promoting reading and writing achievement through authentic literacy experiences.
Discusses how American schools can introduce programs calling for higher standards and academic achievement, examines how the program would be evaluated for results, cost effectiveness, and accountability.
Presents strategies that schools can use to provide evidence of educational improvement, with analysis tools, data principles, and other solutions for changing numbers into data that can be meaningful to parents and citizens everywhere.
tools and strategies to make data work with the common core state standards
White, Stephen H.
2011
Presents strategies that schools can use to provide evidence of educational improvement, with analysis tools, data principles, and other solutions for changing numbers into data that can be meaningful to parents and citizens everywhere.
Argues that rather than protest the call for accountability in schools, teachers and administrators should embrace it as an opportunity for empowerment, developing student-centered accountability systems of their own in order to improve teaching methods and influence policy makers; and explains how to do so.
