10 Traits of Highly Successful Schools : How You Can Know If Your School Is a Good One

by McEwan, Elaine K.

• ISBN13: 9780877888406
• ISBN10: 087788840X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Harold Shaw Pub

Summary

"Every parent whose child attends school, regardless of grade level or school type, wants to know that the school is doing a good job for their child. Educators who strive for excellence want to know their schools are measuring up." In this book, education expert Elaine K. McEwan shares with parents and educators the top ten traits of highly successful schools that transcend school type and gives them a tool for evaluating the things they see working within their own schools.

Author Biography

Elaine K. McEwan, Ed.D., is the author of over twenty-five books on parenting, teaching, and school administration, In addition to being a teacher, principal, and school librarian, she has also served as assistant superintendent for instruction in a suburban Chicago district. She has been honored by the Illinois Principals Association, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the National Association of Elementary Principals (as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991). She is now a partner in the McEwan-Adkins Consulting Group, writes a newspaper column for the Oro Valley Explorer, and speaks regularly on radio and in person.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
How Can You Tell If Your School Is a Good One?	p. 15
The People: Administrators, Teachers, Students, and Parents	p. 45
The Learning: Standards, Curriculum, and Achievement for All Students	p. 83
The Climate: What Goes on behind Closed Doors?	p. 131
Rate Your School's Reading Quotient	p. 165
Rate Your School's Mathematics Quotient	p. 175
Researching on the Internet	p. 187
Education Websites	p. 193
Resources on Reading Instruction	p. 209
Crash Course on What's Wrong	p. 215
A Model Mission Statement	p. 217
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 249
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