Focus : elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning / Mike Schmoker.
The introduction states: "The only reason our schools haven't made astonishing progress in the last 30 years of "reform" is quite simple: very few schools ever implemented 'what is essential'--the most powerful, simple actions and structures that would dramatically incr...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, Va. :
ASCD,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | Click for online access |
| Summary: | The introduction states: "The only reason our schools haven't made astonishing progress in the last 30 years of "reform" is quite simple: very few schools ever implemented 'what is essential'--the most powerful, simple actions and structures that would dramatically increase the proportion of students prepared for college or careers. What is 'essential' for schools? Three simple things: reasonably coherent curriculum (what we teach); sound lessons (how we teach); and far more purposeful reading and writing in every discipline, or authentic literacy (integral to both what and how we teach). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781416612896 1416612890 9781416612926 1416612920 9781416612919 1416612912 1282984349 9781282984349 9786612984341 6612984341 |
| Language: | English. |