Creating Successful School Systems. (Book Reviews).Reviewed by Cecelia W. Krill krill: see crustacean. krill Any member of the crustacean suborder Euphausiacea, comprising shrimplike animals that live in the open sea. The name also refers to the genus Euphausia within the suborder and sometimes to a single species, E. superba. Associate Processor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college. , Blacksburg, Va. In their collaboration, Creating Successful School Systems: Voices from the University, the Field and the Community, Francis M. Duffy, a professor at Gallaudet University Gallaudet University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded (1856) as the Kendall School, a training school for deaf and blind students, by Edward Miner Gallaudet (see under Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins). in Washington, D.C., and Jack D. Dale, superintendent in Frederick County Frederick County is the name of several counties in the United States.
Duffy and Dale have divided the commentary into four parts. In the first, "Defining the Future Context for Systemic School Improvement," essayists The following is an abbreviated list of essayists, arranged alphabetically by last name (years of birth and death, if applicable, and country of birth, are noted in parentheses). Note: An individual's country of birth is not always indicative of his or her nationality. share their thoughts on areas of schooling that need to change. In the second part, "Redefining the Profession to Support Systemic School Improvement," we read about practitioners' views of reform, especially standards-based reform, and the role of state and district leaders in continuing current initiatives to the next stage of school improvement. In the third part, authors describe models of systemic school improvement in detail. In the final section, "Real Stories From the Front Line," contributors share their experiences with systemic reform at the district and school levels. The book concludes with five short messages from representatives of the national PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. , the Maryland State Teachers Association and the National School Boards Association. As a compilation of various perspectives, this book has a serious shortcoming short·com·ing n. A deficiency; a flaw. shortcoming Noun a fault or weakness Noun 1. . It fails to provide a coherent dialogue, leaving each section and each chapter as standalone responses rather than conversational voices. Nonetheless, the views of the individuals are thought-provoking in a climate of high-stakes accountability. (Creating Successful School Systems: Voices from the University, the Field and the Community, edited by Francis M. Duffy and Jack D. Dale, Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1502 Providence Highway, Suite 12, Norwood, MA 02062, 2001, 300 pp., $44.95 hardcover) |
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