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Changing Schools from the Inside Out
Small Wins in Hard Times
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2011
Summary
At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-528-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-529-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
238
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1. The Current Context for School Improvement No access Pages 9 - 36
2. What Research and Practice Teach Us about Change No access Pages 37 - 66
3. Schools as Organizations No access Pages 67 - 92
4. Bromley and Mansfield: Two Case Studies No access Pages 93 - 114
5. Good Schools and Small-Scale Change No access Pages 115 - 128
6. Magnifying the Innovation Map No access Pages 129 - 150
7. The Potential of Small Wins and Related Strategies No access Pages 151 - 170
8. Levers and Footings for Change No access Pages 171 - 198
