Full Description
Leading Researcher Joseph Murphy and his colleague Daniela Torre shed light on two critical issues in education today: student underachievement and how to build effective, high-performing schools. Murphy draws from considerable research and scholarship in the area of school reform. This research is based on meaningful links with the worlds of practice and policy, and builds upon our most robust understanding about school improvement. The book examines the historical footings of the American public school to expose the economic, political, social, and cultural currents that have shaped and continue to influence our understanding of public education and underachievement.
Contents
1. Leadership for School Improvement: Getting Started
2. Schooling in the Post-Industrial World: The North Star for Leadership
3. The Threads of School Improvement
4. Supportive Communities of Learning for Students
5. Communities of Professional Practice for Teachers
6. Communities of Professionalism: Barriers and Supports
7. Communities of Engagement for Parents
8. Communities of Engagement for Stakeholders
