Improving Schools from Within
Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference
Author: Roland S. Barth Series: Education-Higher Education
The author argues that teachers, principals and parents can be the most powerful source of innovative ideas for reforming schools and that communication, collegiality and risk-taking among adults in the school can create an atmosphere that encourages learning and leadership for all.
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The author argues that teachers, principals and parents can be the most powerful source of innovative ideas for reforming schools and that communication, collegiality and risk-taking among adults in the school can create an atmosphere that encourages learning and leadership for all.
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"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of startingwith a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educationalstaff's existing strengths." --The New York Times BookReview
Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-takingamong adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadershipfor all.
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“"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educational staff's existing strengths." (The New York Times Book Review)”
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Roland S. Barth Roland S. Barth is one of the country's most renowned educators and the author of a best-selling book on improving schools.
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"A humane blueprint for school reform that—instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum—would build on the educational staff's existing strengths."—The New York Times Book Review
"A humane blueprint for school reform that instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum would build on the educational staff's existing strengths." The New York Times Book Review
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