High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools: Foundations for Real Student Success

Ovid K. Wong

doi:10.5771/9781607097914

Summary

In a recent international comparative study, the United States public schools did not fare well with the rest of the world. To the disappointment of many, the No Child Left Behind law did little to improve student achievement. Nevertheless, a small pocket of poverty schools worked against the odds of limited resources and performed to new heights of academic excellence. These high-poverty, high-performing schools were studied to identify the common trends and to reveal their secrets of success. The secrets include a unique combination of leadership, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and evaluation. Can the high-poverty, high-performing schools be the success model of our next generation schools? As concerned citizens and stakeholders of education, we need to find out how our country can get back on track to become an educational leader again so we may compete in the fierce global economy.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2011
Copyright Year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-789-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-791-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 92
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Figures No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter One. In Search of Excellent Schools No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter Two. The High-Poverty, High-Performing 2(HP) Schools No access Pages 9 - 18
Chapter Three. The 2(HP) Leadership No access Pages 19 - 28
Chapter Four. The 2(HP) Curriculum No access Pages 29 - 42
Chapter Five. The 2(HP) Instruction No access Pages 43 - 62
Chapter Six. The 2(HP) Assessment No access Pages 63 - 80
Chapter Seven. The 2(HP) Model No access Pages 81 - 88
Conclusion No access Pages 89 - 90
About the Author No access Pages 91 - 92