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Small schools, big ideas : the essential guide to successful school transformation /

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"Developed by The Coalition of Essential Schools, one of the nation's leading school reform networks, The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation provides a comprehensive, principle-based approach for redesigning public schools and creating new schools that enable all students...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benitez, Mara, 1965-
Other Authors: Davidson, Jill, 1968-, Flaxman, Laura, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Coalition of Essential Schools.
School improvement programs > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An academically challenging education for all
  • A commitment to equity
  • Facing the challenges
  • Creating the climate and conditions for change
  • Starting with vision, mission, and goals
  • Transformational leadership
  • Cultivating professional learning communities
  • Student-centered teaching and learning
  • Demonstration of mastery
  • Access, opportunity, and preparation for postsecondary success
  • School culture, practices, and community
  • Strategies for sustainability
  • Appendix A: Coalition for Essential Schools common principles
  • Appendix B: Coalition for Essential Schools benchmarks : principles in practice
  • Appendix C: Profiled schools and organizations
  • Appendix D: The benefits of the CES model : a look at recent research
  • Appendix E: Glossary of useful assessment terms.