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Table of Contents
Discovering When to Trust Educational Research
1 Understand the Five Levels of Educational Research
2 Decide Which Research to Trust
Understanding What Equity and Excellence Schools Do Differently
3 Organize Their School or District as a Professional Learning Community
4 Display a Laser-Like Focus on Student Achievement
5 Conduct Collaborative Scoring
6 Emphasize Nonfiction Writing
7 Utilize Frequent Formative Assessment With Multiple Opportunities for Success
8 Perform Constructive Data Analysis
9 Engage in Cross-Disciplinary Units of Instruction
Applying the Research in Your Schools
10 Discover the Equity and Excellence Mindset
11 Change Behavior Before Belief
12 Transform Vision Into Action Through Teacher Leadership
13 Improve Coaching, Feedback, and Evaluation
Creating Accountability in an Equity and Excellence System
14 Establish Accountability as a Learning System
15 Enact System-Level Accountability
16 Enact School- and Department-Level Accountability
17 Explain the Story Behind the Numbers
Epilogue: Giant Leaps, Not Baby Steps
About the Author
Douglas Reeves, PhD, is the author of more than thirty books and many articles about leadership and organizational effectiveness. He was named the Brock International Laureate for his contributions to education and received the Contribution to the Field Award from the National Staff Development Council (now Learning Forward). Dr. Reeves was twice named to the Harvard University Distinguished Authors Series. Dr. Reeves has addressed audiences in all fifty U.S. states and more than thirty countries, sharing his research and supporting effective leadership at the local, state, and national levels. He is founder of Finish the Dissertation, a free and noncommercial service for doctoral students, and the Zambian Leadership and Learning Institute. He is the founding editor and co-publisher of The SNAFU Review, a collection of essays, poetry, and art by disabled veterans. Dr. Reeves lives with his family in downtown Boston.
To learn more about the work of Dr. Reeves, visit Creative Leadership Solutions at https://creativeleadership.net, or follow @DouglasReeves on Twitter.
To book Douglas Reeves for professional development, contact [email protected].
Introduction
Allow me to offer a conjecture about you as the reader of this book. Your interest in student equity and excellence is not passive, as you have a personal and professional interest in seeing more students succeed. You have lost patience with solutions offering long-term results when the students you encounter need results right now. You are weary of commercial programs that “worked” with a group of students far, far away, but have been ineffective with your students. And you are impatient with the rhetoric of blame and excuses that serve only to remove the sense of urgency you know is essential to help the students you serve. You may be an educational leader, teacher, parent, or policymaker, but whatever your role, you have a deep sense of responsibility for the children from your own home and those from homes you may never visit but which are, nevertheless, part of the fabric of a society that can be far more just and equitable. If any of these descriptions fit you, please read on.
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