{"product_id":"9781607095286","title":"Changing Schools from the Inside Out","description":"At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skillswith fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental changesmall winswhich increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.","brand":"Robert L. Larson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46953336144190,"sku":"9781607095286","price":1940.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781607095286_481d3d2b-d7d3-434b-8ca1-547669bedcb3.jpg?v=1707565898","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781607095286","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}