“When it comes to school improvement for each and every child, the authors raise the bar. They take all excuses off the table and annihilate them. With diamond-cutter precision, they unveil—directly from the mouths and actions of practitioners—exactly what raising the bar looks like and how it can be done.” —Michael Fullan, author and educational consultant “Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap is an invaluable addition to the expanding narrative attesting to the educability of all children. The case studies, like a good cookbook, offer many appealing options for building your own system of intervention; your challenge is to find the recipe that suits your taste and prepare it with commitment and care. Our children deserve nothing less.” —Lawrence W. Lezotte, CEO of Effective Schools Products, Ltd.
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In addition, the authors explore the following questions:
zz What prerequisite framework must be put in place in order for schools to create effective systems of intervention and enrichment? zz How have the changes in national educational policy impacted the premise that schools should have a systematic plan for responding to the learning needs of students? zz How are highly effective districts successfully implementing the PLC process in all of their schools? zz How can school and district leaders respond to the pragmatic and philosophical objections to creating systems of intervention and enrichment? zz Is the PLC process sustainable? Is it transferable?
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n this sequel to Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don’t Learn, the authors revisit the question, “What happens when, despite our best efforts in the classroom, a student does not learn?” They describe how diverse elementary, middle, and high schools from throughout the United States have helped struggling students achieve proficiency and enabled proficient students to deepen and extend their learning by creating comprehensive systems of intervention and enrichment.
RAISING THE BAR AND CLOSING THE GAP
RAISING THE B AR AND CLOSING THE GAP
RAISING THE B AR AND CLOSING THE GAP Richard DuFour Rebecca DuFour Robert Eaker Gayle Karhanek