TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmoker,Michael J.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Results now: how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning 
AV  - LB2822.82 .S356 2006eb
U1  - 371.2/03 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Alexandria, Va.
PB  - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
KW  - Education
KW  - Aims and objectives
KW  - United States
KW  - Educational change
KW  - School improvement programs
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10141224
ER  -