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The Jossey-Bass Education Ser.: Inventing Better Schools : An Action Plan for Educational Reform by Phillip C. Schlechty (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100787903396
ISBN-139780787903398
eBay Product ID (ePID)966722
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameInventing Better Schools : an Action Plan for Educational Reform
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Evaluation & Assessment, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorPhillip C. Schlechty
Subject AreaEducation
SeriesThe Jossey-Bass Education Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.8 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-045876
Reviews'All those committed to the hard work of initiating educational change and implementing significant school improvement will find Phil Schlechty's new book a thoughtful, convincing, practical guide for improving teaching and learning for all students in the nations' schools.' --Thomas W. Payzant, superintAndent, Boston Public Schools
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal371.2/00973
Table Of Content1. The Never Ending Story 2. The Need for Invention 3. The Technological Imperative 4. Producing Knowledge Work 5. Beliefs, Visions, and Mission 6. Assessing District Capacity 7. Creating the Capacity to Support Change 8. Changing the System 9. Working on the Work 10. Measuring What Matters Most 11. Leading the Change Process 12. Inventing the Future: The Task Before Us
SynopsisSchlechty shows both educators and parents how to envision reform and design quality educational systems. He explains how the visioning process must be rooted in real shared beliefs, how mission statements must unpack visions into concrete goals that are connected to action, and how the results of reform can be usefully assessed. Drawing on the author's vast experience in the day-to-day work of implementing school reform, Inventing Better Schools offers new approaches for setting standards and ensuring accountability--and includes samples of actual mission statements and strategic plans of successful school districts., An in-the-trenches guide to leading and implementing educational reform.'All those committed to the hard work of initiating educational change and implementing significant school improvement will find Phil Schlechty2s new book a thoughtful, convincing, practical guide for improving teaching and learning for all students in the nations2 schools.'--Thomas W. Payzant, SuperintAndent, Boston Public SchoolsThis powerful book is a wake-up call to educators. In it, Phillip Schlechty argues that schools must change or become obsolete, and central to this change is a radical rethinking of old rules, roles, and relationships. Most important, he designs a plan of attack to guide the invention of better schools.Thoughtful, practical, and full of step-by-step advice, Schlechty guides parents, teachers, board members, school administrators, and community leaders through the often difficult process of improving schools.. For example, he shows how the visioning process must be rooted in real shared beliefs; how mission statements must unpack visions into concrete goals that are connected to action; and how the results of reform can be usefully assessed. He points out that reinventing schools must be looked at as a continual process--and he provides leaders with the tools to negotiate their way through it.Inventing Better Schools draws on Schlechty2s vast experience in the day to day work if implementing school reform and his work in the boardrooms and legislative halls. Included are samples of actual mission statements and strategic plans of successful school districts., This book argues that schools must change or become obsolete, and that old rules and relationships need to be re-thought. It provides the tools needed to re-invent schools to better serve students and teachers.
LC Classification NumberLB2805.S35 1997
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