The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive
ISBN: 978-0-7879-8882-1
Hardcover/176 pages
April 2008, Jossey-Bass
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The Six Secrets of Change explores essential lessons for business and public sector leaders for surviving and thriving in today s complex environment. He draws on his acclaimed work in bringing about large-scale and substantial change in education reform in both public school systems and universities, as well as engaging in major change initiatives internationally. This book is filled with lessons that are insightful, actionable, and concisely communicable. These lessons are secrets not because there is a conspiracy to hide them from public view, but because they are often difficult to grasp in their deep meaning, and challenging to appreciate and act on in combination. Fullan makes these so-called secrets accessible and useful and offers illustrative examples from a variety of businesses, health organizations, and public education systems.
Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains
LouAnne Johnson
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7471-8
Paperback/352 pages
August 2005, Jossey-Bass
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From seating plans to Shakespeare, Teaching Outside the Box offers practical strategies that will help both new teachers and seasoned veterans create dynamic classroom environments where students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching. This indispensable book is filled with no-nonsense advice, checklists, and handouts as well as
A step-by-step plan to make the first week of school a success
Approaches for creating a positive discipline plan
Methods for motivating students, especially reluctant readers
Strategies for successful classroom management
Suggestions for creating and grading student portfolios
Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents
Phillip C. Schlechty
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6165-7
Paperback/160 pages
April 2002, Jossey-Bass
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Is the work you give students engaging--enabling them to learn what they need to learn in order to succeed in the world? Maverick educator Phillip Schlechty believes that the key to improving education is to improve the quality of this student work. He calls this "Working the Work" (WOW), and he's developed a framework that allows educators to put the WOW principles into practice.
Beginning with 12 essential components of a WOW school, Schlechty suggests ways to improve the quality of content, organization of knowledge, measurement of achievement, nurturance of creativity, and novelty and variety of tasks. In addition, you'll get:
* Practical guidelines for re-designing classroom activity so that more students are highly engaged in schoolwork
* Clear and compelling standards for assessing student work
You'll also make clear connections between what students are doing and what they are expected to produce as you gain insight into the roles of teachers, principals, and superintendents--and, how they individually and collectively play a part in the WOW process.
Stand for the Best: What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO of H&R Block to Become a Teacher and Founder of an Inner-City Charter School
Thomas M. Bloch
ISBN: 978-0-470-18896-5
Hardcover/256 pages
July 2008, Jossey-Bass
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Thirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H&R Block, the groundbreaking tax organization. The son of the company’s founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something was missing from his life. After a nineteen-year career at the company, Bloch resigned his position to become a math teacher in an impoverished inner-city section of Kansas City. Stand for the Best reveals Bloch’s struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy.
The Obama Education Plan: An Education Week Guide
Education Week
ISBN: 978-0-470-48209-4
Paperback/240 pages
February 2009, Jossey-Bass
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A guide to the educational priorities and change to expect from the Obama administration
Although the Obama's goals for education have been articulated in his speeches and on his website, what's missing is a picture of what these proposals mean in practice. This guide provides the articles, stories, and commentary to clarify Obama's priorities for education. The plan itself is comprehensive and covers preschool, K-12, and college-level education. Among its recommendations: expand early education, improve teacher quality, support school innovation, make math and science national priorities, address the dropout crisis, and improve college access and affordability.
Compiled by Education Week-education's newspaper of record
Offers information and opinion on Obama's key educational priorities
Provides a listing of the President's recommendations for education from pre-school to college level
Includes advice for the President from key education leaders
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