How do schools compete with television, computer games, and the Internet to engage the hearts and minds of their students? Phil Schlechty argues that we must develop schools where innovation is encouraged, and students are given work that is truly rigorous, relevant, and exciting. In making this transition, educators must move beyond some of the deeply ingrained and negative conceptions that guide so much of their practice. To help them do this, Schlechty offers them the framework, tools, and processes to transform their schools into true learning organizations.
Phillip C. Schlechty is founder and CEO of the Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform. Schlechty is the author of Creating Great Schools, Working on the Work, Inventing Better Schools, Shaking Up the Schoolhouse, and Schools for the 21st Century.
Title: Leading for Learning: How to Transform Schools into Learning Organizations
Author: Schlechty, Phillip C.
ISBN: 9780787994341
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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2009-05-22
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 0.4764 kg
'His ideas of standards and assessment techniques and the emphasis he places on offering excellent education to each individual child are creative and exciting'. The Business of Teaching, November 2011.