Mission Possible How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School

Name: Mission Possible How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School
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ISBN: 9781118167281

ISBN-10: 1118167287

ISBN-13: 9781118167281

Edition: 2012

Authors: Eva Moskowitz, Arin Lavinia

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Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of the Success Charter School Network in Harlem, and Arin Lavinia offer practical, classroom-tested ideas for dramatically improving teaching and learning. Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter school in the middle of Harlem, enrolling neighborhood children selected at random, emerged as one of the top schools in New York City and State within three years, with results on a par with public schools for gifted students and elite private schools.· Describes what can be accomplished when students are challenged by and fully engaged in schoolwork.· Shows how the adults in the school need to also be constantly learning and improving their…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 7/24/2012
Pages: 176
Size: 6.90" wide x 9.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



List of Video Clips


Introduction



Why? What's Wrong with American Schools?



How? Making School a Magical Place



Who? It's All About the Adults



Fast: Putting Adults and Children on the Fast Track



Rigor: Raising the Bar for Everybody



Reading: The Starting Point for All Else



Writing: Putting Ideas into the World with Elegance



Call to Action: How to Make Every School a Success Academy


Endnotes


Acknowledgments


About the Authors


Index