Excellence through equity : five principles of courageous leadership to guide achievement for every student / Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro Noguera ; with Lorena Kelly ; forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
By: Blankstein, Alan M [author.].
Contributor(s): Noguera, Pedro [author.] | Kelly, Lorena [author.] | Tutu, Desmond [writer of afterword.].
Material type: TextPublisher: California: Corwin, A Sage Company, 2015Description: xxiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 1483392783; 9781483392783.Subject(s): Educational equalization -- United States | Educational leadership | Academic achievement -- United States | Educational change -- United States | Academic achievement | Educational change | Educational equalization | Educational leadership | United StatesDDC classification: 370.1 LOC classification: LC213.2 | .B53 2015Summary: In this ground-breaking anthology, renowned authors Noguera and Blankstein pair leading-edge ideas from award-winning educational scholars, visionaries, and practitioners with powerful case studies from multicultural K-12 settings at all levels of the system who have pursued equity goals and closed instructional and achievement gaps. Included are: examples of high-leverage practices used by award-winning schools and districts, including de-tracking, leadership capacity development and deployment to build teacher efficacy and close gaps between schools, and successful innovations in curriculum and assessment design; powerful classroom practices that lead to success for ELL, Special Ed and underserved students as well as for their more privileged peers; system-level examples by Michael Fullan, Paul Reville and others of how excellence was achieved through equity at district, state and provincial levels; a powerful concluding chapter by Andy Hargreaves on how other nations have used educational equity as a driver for extraordinary educational and economic gains.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this ground-breaking anthology, renowned authors Noguera and Blankstein pair leading-edge ideas from award-winning educational scholars, visionaries, and practitioners with powerful case studies from multicultural K-12 settings at all levels of the system who have pursued equity goals and closed instructional and achievement gaps. Included are: examples of high-leverage practices used by award-winning schools and districts, including de-tracking, leadership capacity development and deployment to build teacher efficacy and close gaps between schools, and successful innovations in curriculum and assessment design; powerful classroom practices that lead to success for ELL, Special Ed and underserved students as well as for their more privileged peers; system-level examples by Michael Fullan, Paul Reville and others of how excellence was achieved through equity at district, state and provincial levels; a powerful concluding chapter by Andy Hargreaves on how other nations have used educational equity as a driver for extraordinary educational and economic gains.
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