Full Description
Black males have the lowest graduation rates of any population in the country, graduating from high school at the rate of just 59%. They are suspended and referred to special education classes at rates three times higher than any other population. They make up just 6% of the US population yet account for nearly a third of the American prison population. The graduation gap between White and Black males is currently 21% and growing. Research has shown that costly federal, state, and local programs have failed to solve this crisis. This book details the 10-step method I developed and deployed in the Buffalo (New York) high school of which I was principal, which has raised the four-year graduation rate for Black males to 93% and the five-year rate to 90%. My program has been deployed throughout New York State and I am now advising schools nationally, helping them to deploy proven strategies that will guarantee the academic success of Black males.
This is a one-of-a-kind book with powerful strategies secondary and middle school principals can use to transform their entire school. The strategies in this book are what every successful principal needs to run a high performing school. This book answers the age-old question: "Can principals truly make a difference and turn their school around?" The answer is yes, they can! This book will show them how.
Contents
Preface
Part I: Life, Death, and Diplomas
Chapter 1. School Principals Matter: Share the Love but Own the Data
Chapter 2. Some Do Overcome
Chapter 3. Ten Steps Forward
Part II: The Ten Steps
Chapter 4. Step One: Data Dominates
Chapter 5. Step Two: Goals? Make Them Realistically High
Chapter 6. Step Three: If You Don't Like What's Being Said, Change the Conversation
Chapter 7. Step Four: Hold Teachers Accountable
Chapter 8. Step Five: Resources—Prioritize, Focus, Allocate
Chapter 9. Step Six: Discover Their Big Why
Chapter 10. Step Seven: Work, Workout, Rest, Smile, Laugh, Hug Your Family, Keep Your Mind and Body Healthy
Chapter 11. Step Eight: Red, Yellow, Green—Target Student Intervention
Chapter 12. Step Nine: Reimagine Discipline
Chapter 13. Step Ten: Celebrate ... Everything!
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