Improving schools to promote learning

• Main Author: Walberg, Herbert J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2010.
• Subjects: School improvement programs.; Teacher effectiveness.; Schools > Evaluation.; Educational evaluation.; Education > Evaluation & Assessment.; Education: examinations and assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806616855
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-214-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Improving Schools to Promote Learning is a concise and common-sense examination of all the moving parts that drive student learning. The book ties together the research, policies, and practices relative to the state, district, school, classroom, and family, and explains their effects on student lear...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements. Center on innovation & improvement
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Introduction and purpose
• Chapter 2. Elements of student learning
• Chapter 3. Families
• Chapter 4. Classrooms
• Chapter 5. Schools
• Chapter 6. Districts
• Chapter 7. States
• Chapter 8. Conclusion: Science, wisdom, and common sense
• References
• About the author.