Mara Benitez, Jill Davidson, Laura Flaxman, Ted Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer

Small Schools, Big Ideas (eBook, PDF)

The Essential Guide to Successful School Transformation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Small Schools, Big Ideas shows how the principle-based andequity-focused model from the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)can be used to redesign existing schools and create new schoolsthat prepare students for this century's challenges andopportunities. Filled with inspirational stories and illustrative examples fromschools that have successfully implemented CES principles andpractices, Small Schools, Big Ideas offers information andinspiration needed to: * Transform schools in order to achieve equitable outcomes forall students * Understand various school design options * Establish school vision, mission, and goals to raiseeducational expectations and results * Develop transformational leadership * Cultivate a professional learning community * Implement student-centered teaching, learning, andcurricula * Build productive relationships with families andcommunities * Establish strategies for sustainability These recommendations and proven strategies can help educatorstransform their schools to become truly equitable, personalized,and academically challenging.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470615508
• Artikelnr.: 38200956

Autorenporträt

Mara Benitez is senior director of school development for the Coalition of Essential Schools. Jill Davidson is director of publications at CES and also edits its journal, Horace. Laura Flaxman is co-founder and co-principal of ARISE High School, a model school in the CES network. The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) has been at the forefront of creating and sustaining personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools for over twenty-five years.