Schools That Succeed, Students Who Achieve Profiles of Programs Helping All Students to Learn

by Deneen, James

• ISBN13: 9781607093404
• ISBN10: 1607093405
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This book addresses the problems and recommends solutions to improving K-12 schools by examining the context for U.S. schooling, and the ways some schools are improving their teaching and learning.

Author Biography

James Deneen is a consultant to schools and other educational institutions. He retired after more than twenty-five years from Educational Testing Service, where he was a program director for the Advanced Placement Program and the Division of Teacher Programs and Services. Deneen has also been a teacher and administrator in K-12 schools and at several universities.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Problems	p. 1
Great Expectations: What Should All Students Learn?	p. 3
What the Numbers Tell Us	p. 11
Replicating Success	p. 21
Solutions	p. 29
Elementary Schools	p. 33
Middle Schools	p. 45
High Schools	p. 57
Three School Districts	p. 71
Evaluating Curriculum Changes	p. 77
What Works?	p. 85
Glossary	p. 91
Internet Websites for Successful Schools	p. 93
References and Bibliography	p. 95
About the Author	p. 99
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