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Schools That Succeed: How Educators Marshal the Power of Systems for Improvement
Karin Chenoweth
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Paperback. Karin Chenoweth shows that turning around low performing schools is difficult work, but the knowledge and expertise needed to do it successfully already exists in various schools.-- Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Informed by years of research and on-the-ground reporting, Schools That Succeed is Karin Chenoweth’s most inspiring and compelling book yet—an essential read for educators who seek to break the stubborn connection between academic achievement and socioeconomic status.
Chenoweth draws on her decade-long journey into neighborhood schools where low-income students and students of color are learning at unexpectedly high levels to reveal a key ingredient to their success: in one way or another, their leaders have confronted the traditional ways that schools are organized and adopted new systems, all focused on improvement. In vivid profiles of once-embattled schools, Chenoweth shows ... Read more
Informed by years of research and on-the-ground reporting, Schools That Succeed is Karin Chenoweth’s most inspiring and compelling book yet—an essential read for educators who seek to break the stubborn connection between academic achievement and socioeconomic status.
Chenoweth draws on her decade-long journey into neighborhood schools where low-income students and students of color are learning at unexpectedly high levels to reveal a key ingredient to their success: in one way or another, their leaders have confronted the traditional ways that schools are organized and adopted new systems, all focused on improvement. In vivid profiles of once-embattled schools, Chenoweth shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781682530276
SKU
V9781682530276
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About Karin Chenoweth
Karin Chenoweth is the writer-in-residence at The Education Trust. She is a long-time education writer and reporter who has written for such publications as the Washington Post, Education Week, and American Educator.
Reviews for Schools That Succeed: How Educators Marshal the Power of Systems for Improvement
“In Schools that Succeed, Chenoweth focuses on the structure of schools that connect people, systems, and processes for the purpose of addressing the needs of students, especially those from minority groups and from low-income and working families. Educators will find this work both enlightening and inspiring.” - Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County