Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference

by Roland S. Barth

Overview

"A humane blueprint for school reform that—instead of startingwith a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them'inservice' workshops ad infinitum—would build on the educationalstaff's existing strengths." —The New York Times BookReview

Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-takingamong adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadershipfor all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555423681
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/05/1991
Series:	Education-Higher Education
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Roland S. Barth Roland S. Barth is one of the country's most renowned educators and the author of a best-selling book on improving schools.

Table of Contents

Foreword.

1. A Crisis of Confidence.

2. Adversaries Within the Schoolhouse.

3. Becoming Colleagues.

4. Building a Community of Learners.

5. Teachers as Learners.

6. Principals as Learners.

7. Learning to Lead.

8. Practice into Prose.

9. Between School and University.

10. Becoming a Community of Leaders.

11. Visions of Good Schools.

12. A Personal Vision.

Editorial Reviews

"A humane blueprint for school reform that—instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum—would build on the educational staff's existing strengths." (The New York Times Book Review)

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