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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Glickman, Carl D.. The essential renewal of America's schools New York : Teachers College Press, 2020. (DLC) 2020010774 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carl D Glickman; Ian M Mette |
| ISBN: | 080777863X 9780807778630 |
| OCLC Number: | 1150848520 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents: | Cover -- Contents -- Prologue -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Recapturing the Essence of Schools -- The Fork in the Road -- Whipping American Public Schools with External Control -- Being Real -- Recapturing the Goal of American Public Schools -- A Reframing of the Work -- Ordinary Good People Doing Extraordinary Good Work -- PART I: A RENEWED FRAMEWORK FOR DEMOCRATIZING SCHOOLS FROM THE INSIDE OUT -- Chapter 2. The Promise: Establishing Common Principles of Teaching and Learning -- Schools as Successful Organizations -- Traditions of (Mis)Education Existing Conditions as a Forum for Discussion: Types of Schools -- Developing the Promise -- Principles of Learning -- What to Do with the Promise -- Chapter 3. The Pledge: Creating a Commitment to Make Decisions as a Community -- Developing a Decisionmaking Process -- Guiding Rules of Decisionmaking -- Locus of Control -- Factors Impacting Democracy in Schools -- The Ideal Governing Rules -- Navigating Between Ideal and Reality -- What Type of Governance? -- Representative, Direct, and Hybrid Governance -- Why Do This? -- If Not Us, Then Whom? -- Focus on Governance A Final Note About Formality and Procedures -- Chapter 4. Problem Solving: Community-Based Action Research to Drive Student Learning -- The Critical Self-Study Process -- Raising Community-Based Questions to Drive Action Research -- Data Sources for Self-Study -- An American Tendency: Action Without Study -- Infusion of Information -- Ways to Gather Information -- Giving Voice -- PART II: THE WORK OF SCHOOL RENEWAL -- Chapter 5. Educational Priorities and Organizational Application -- Curriculum Development and Implementation -- Staff Professional Development -- Instructional Coaching Student Assessment and Outcomes -- Instructional Resources -- Implementing New Practices -- Stages of Concern -- Blurring of Tasks -- Departmental and Grade-Level Plans -- Chapter 6. Becoming an Educative Community -- Change and the Shadows of Our Own Caves -- Understanding (De)Motivating Factors: Approaches to School Change -- Developmental Needs -- Sociocultural Differences -- Getting Started -- The Need to Identify and Act on Inequity -- Chapter 7. Dealing with Tough Questions of Practice -- With Freedom Comes Responsibility -- Moral Authority -- Not Imposed Formal Authority Diversification vs. Competition -- The Ability of a Principal to Mobilize -- Opportunities to Engage the Larger Community -- Why Opportunities Are at the Heart of Renewing American Schools -- The Continuum of Renewal -- Chapter 8. Supporting School Renewal: Important Signals from the District -- The Politics of a School Board and District Personnel -- Opportunities to Empower -- An Age-Old Issue: Equality vs. Equity -- Democratic Use of Economic Principles -- Developing a District Plan for School Renewal -- Fade Away or Facilitation? -- Issues in Developing District Policies |
| Responsibility: | Carl Glickman, Ian M. Mette. |
Abstract:
What can today's educational leaders do to create schools that are purposeful, moral, and successful? In this book, Glickman and Mette provide a powerful set of guidelines that will lead to true school renewal.
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