academic achievement

A guide to turning high-poverty schools into high-performing schools, providing lessons learned and practical advice from seven high-performing, high-poverty schools, and discussing building leadership capacity; fostering a healthy, safe, and supportive learning environment; and focusing on student, professional, and system learning.

Contains practical strategies for raising achievement in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.

"... Rawlinson draws on thirty years of experience as a teacher, school counselor, and district administrator as she explores ten phenomena that will help other educators understand the ways in which living in poverty has the potential to shape a child's mind..."--Back cover.

Draws on the latest research as well as classroom-tested strategies to explain how the cognitive, sensory, physical, social, and emotional differences in between boys and girls influences how boys learn and offers teachers advice on the best ways to teach male students.

A teacher's guide to teaching students in the standardized testing system.

" ...[Provides] an ... effective approach to professional learning: Collaborative Analysis of Student Learning (CASL). This evidence-based book is fully updated to address the Common Core State Standards. Learn how to: Design a sustainable CASL program based on two decades of nationwide implementation experience; Inquire into student work and assessments to promote learning excellence; Use the CASL Teacher as Collaborative Inquirer framework to promote culturally competent, rigorous teaching; Develop and implement new instructional strategies that mesh with Common Core standards"--Amazon.com.

A guide for principals on the education of English language learners (ELLs), describing how to create a culture that encourages ELL advocacy and achievement, providing case studies that describe school leaders who have made positive changes, and offering tips and resources to improve professional development and strengthen the connections between home, school, and community.

Presents activities for students in grades six through twelve that are specifically designed to create an engaging learning environment and foster students' aspirations.