Best practices from high-performing high schools : how successful schools help students stay in school and thrive /
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| Author / Creator: | Wilcox, Kristen C. |
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| Imprint: | New York ; London : Teachers College Press, c2011. |
| Description: | x, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8400567 |
| Summary: | <p>In their second collaboration, Wilcox and Angelis tell the stories of high school educators who embody best practices in their day-to-day activities--practices that consistently lead to higher student academic achievement across the core subjects for all students. This book shares results of a multicase study of how some high schools consistently deliver better student performance, including improved 4-year graduation rates. These schools have learned how to successfully adapt to the climate of increased (and increasing) accountability.</p> <p>Best Practices from High-Performing High Schools is for anyone who strives to ensure that all students graduate from high school and are ready to succeed in college, in their careers, and in life.</p> <p>Book Features:</p> Models that teachers and administrators can use to improve their school and their own practice. Depictions of how educators in higher-performing schools strategically target resources and focus their energies on areas of greatest need. A framework of best practices from schools serving large numbers of children from low-income and/or immigrant families. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807751688 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0807751685 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807751695 (hc : alk. paper) 0807751693 (hc : alk. paper) |
