Mission Possible (eBook)

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

Eva Moskowitz, Arin Lavinia (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-23962-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Strategies for making the schools we need that work for all
kids

Eva Moskowitz (the founder and CEO of the Success Charter
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. The results of the Harlem school were on
a par with public schools for gifted students and elite private
schools.

* Describes what can be accomplished when students and adults all
work to focus on constant learning and performance improvement; DVD
clips can be accessed using a special link included in the
book.

* The Success Academies have been featured in two popular and
widely distributed documentaries, Waiting for Superman and
The Lottery

* Details the Success Academies' THINK Literacy curriculum, which
produces dramatic results in student's reading and writing
skills

In addition to providing strategies and lessons for school
leaders and teachers, Secrets of the Success Academies also
serves as a guide for parents, policymakers, and practitioners who
are passionate about closing the academic achievement gap.

Autor

Eva Moskowitz is the Founder and CEO of the Success Academy Charter Schools. A former New York City Council member, she has earned a national reputation as a fighter for improving public schools' rigor and resources, investing heavily in the arts, sports, and science instruction. Her first school, the Success Academy Harlem 1, quickly emerged as one of the top performing schools in New York State and was featured in The Lottery and Waiting for Superman. Arin Lavinia designed and developed THINK Literacy, a common sense approach to balanced literacy.

Inhalt

List of Video Clips vii

Introduction 1

1 WHY? What's Wrong with American Schools? 7

2 HOW? Making School a Magical Place 19

3 WHO? It's All About the Adults 37

4 FAST: Putting Adults and Children on the Fast Track 61

5 RIGOR: Raising the Bar for Everybody 77

6 READING: The Starting Point for All Else 95

7 WRITING: Putting Ideas into the World with Elegance 123

8 CALL TO ACTION: How to Make Every School a Success Academy 143

Endnotes 149

Acknowledgments 155

About the Authors 157

Index 159

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Education • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Lese- u. Schreibfähigkeit • Literacy & Reading • Schule
• ISBN-10: 1-118-23962-8 / 1118239628
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-23962-9 / 9781118239629