The case for district-based reform : leading, building, and sustaining school improvement / Jonathan A. Supovitz.

By:

Supovitz, Jonathan A

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, 2006Description: xii, 286 p. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9791891792273 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

370.973 SUP 23 013427

Contents:

Acknowledgments ix Prologue xi Introduction CHAPTER 1 The Challenge for School Districts CHAPTER 2 Developing a Vision of Instructional Quality 25 CHAPTER 3 Gardening and Engineering: A Dual Approach to Educational Change 63 CHAPTER 4 Schools' and Teachers' Implementation of Reform 10I CHAPTER 5 Districtwide Data Use 129 CHAPTER 6 Sustainability and Organizational Learning 157 CHAPTER 7 he Role of the School District in Instructional Improvernen 191 CHAPTER 8 Ihe Twenty-First-Century School District 219 Appendix A 239 Appendix B 245 Appendix C 257 References 263 About the Author 279.

Summary: How does school improvement work from a district-wide perspective? This book reflects on the Duval County district and the reasons its acclaimed efforts to enact and maintain large-scale reform are a model for leaders of other schools nationwide.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	370.973 SUP 013427 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013427

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.

Acknowledgments
ix
Prologue
xi
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Challenge for School Districts
CHAPTER 2
Developing a Vision of Instructional Quality
25
CHAPTER 3
Gardening and Engineering:
A Dual Approach to Educational Change
63
CHAPTER 4
Schools' and Teachers' Implementation of Reform
10I
CHAPTER 5
Districtwide Data Use
129
CHAPTER 6
Sustainability and Organizational Learning
157
CHAPTER 7
he Role of the School District in Instructional Improvernen
191
CHAPTER 8
Ihe Twenty-First-Century School District
219
Appendix A
239
Appendix B
245
Appendix C
257
References
263
About the Author
279.

How does school improvement work from a district-wide perspective? This book reflects on the Duval County district and the reasons its acclaimed efforts to enact and maintain large-scale reform are a model for leaders of other schools nationwide.

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