{"product_id":"standards-for-our-schools-9780787964283","title":"Standards for Our Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA must read for those seeking high standards for all students. With unusual insight, the authors address the major issues, offering inspirational examples of schools that succeed. --Jerome T. Murphy, professor and dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This timely, tough-minded book shows how American public schools can be saved by instituting high standards for academic achievement. It explains not just what the standards movement is about and why it is important, but also what it will take to bring every student up to high standards, no matter where that student starts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tucker and Codding focus on empowering both students and adults by giving students the gift of high expectations and by giving school professionals the information, skills, authority and resources needed to do the job. They advocate building a standards-based instructional system, creating a results-oriented culture devoted to continuous improvement, and making the institution and the peo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: The View from the Plains 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Failure Is Not an Option 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: What Do You Mean, Tiffany Won't Get Credit for Algebra I? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Setting High Standards for Everyone 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: But How Will We Actually Get These Kids to Algebra II? 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Teaching to the Standards 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Upset Victory: Student Achievement 1, Everything Else 0 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Leading and Managing for Success 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: The School Nobody Wanted 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Rethinking the Elementary and Middle Schools 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: The Graphic Arts Academy 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Beyond the Comprehensive High School 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterlude: Accountability, Chicago-Style 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Rebuilding \"Central\" for Accountability 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: What We Owe Jeff 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA The National Center on Education and the Economy 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB New Standards Performance Standards 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC New Standards Reference Examinations 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD Resources for Standards-Based Education 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE Glossary 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF Annotated Bibliography 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 335\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405043999063,"sku":"9780787964283","price":21.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787964283.jpg?v=1730488477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/standards-for-our-schools-9780787964283","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}