The keys to effective schools : educational reform as continuous improvement / / edited by Willis D. Hawley with Donald L. Rollie ... [et al.].

• Author: National Educational Association (U.S.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Hawley, Willis D.; National Educational Association (U.S.); ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xxvii, 215 p.
• Notes: "A Joint Publication with National Education Association and Corwin Press."

Table of Contents

Educational reform as continuous improvement / Michael Fullan -- Contextualizing learner-centered principles for teachers and teaching / P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander -- Improving achievement for all students: the meaning of staff shared understanding and commitment / Fred M. Newmann -- Professional communication and collaboration / Judith Warren Little -- Teacher use of formal assessment in the classroom / Eva L. Baker -- Assessment as learning / Lorna M. Earl -- Transforming professional development: understanding and organizing learning communities / Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller -- Design principles for learner-centered professional development / Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli -- Organizational conditions that enhance teaching and learning / Kenneth Leithwood -- Continuous school improvement / Willis D. Hawley and Gary Sykes -- Essential principles for teaching and learning for a multicultural society -- James A. Banks ... [et al.] -- Local school districts and instructional improvement / Richard F. Elmore.