Failure Is Not an Option ®: 6 Principles for Making Student Success the ONLY Option

Blankstein, Alan M.

ISBN 10: 1412979234 / ISBN 13: 9781412979238

Edité par Corwin, 2009

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Failure Is Not an Option ®: 6 Principles for Making Student Success the ONLY Option
• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1412979234
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781412979238
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: Acceptable

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Synopsis

′Educational books that engage both head and heart are rare. This is one of those exceptions: an authentic and powerful call to action, written in an accessible and utterly compelling way. It reminds us that school failure is not a given, that there are ways to make a difference for all young people in all settings, and that education is more than test scores or grades. Ultimately we are shaping individual futures and life chances. For that alone, this resource should be on every educator′s bookshelf. - Alma Harris, Professor University of London

For our children, for our future: failure is never an option!

Anchored in the moral purpose of sustaining success for all students, this second edition of the bestseller demonstrates how to reshape school cultures to support continuous student success. With contributions from Pedro A. Noguera, Andy Hargreaves, and Dean Fink, this book outlines the Who, What, and How of becoming a high-performing school and learning community, shows how to avoid ten common routes to failure, provides double the resources, includes many new case stories and examples, and offers new emphasis on:

- Diversity

- Assessment for learning

- Intervention and support for students at risk

- Schooling as a community endeavor involving families

Resources referenced in Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition are available in The Facilitator′s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition and can also be found at the HOPE Foundation Web site at www.hopefoundation.org.

À propos de l?auteur

Award-winning author and educational leader, Alan Blankstein served for 25 years as President of the HOPE Foundation, which he founded and whose honorary chair is Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former “high-risk” youth, Alan began his career in education as a music teacher. He worked for Phi Delta Kappa, March of Dimes, and Solution Tree, which he founded in 1987 and directed for 12 years while launching Professional Learning Communities beginning in the late 1980s. He is the author of the best-selling book Failure Is Not an Option®: Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools, which received the Book of the Year award from Learning Forward. Alan is Senior Editor, lead contributor, and/or author of 18 books, including Excellence Through Equity with Pedro Noguera,.  He also authored some 20 articles in leading education print including Education Week, Educational Leadership, The Principal, and Executive Educator. Alan has provided keynote presentations and workshops for virtually every major U.S. Ed Org, and throughout the UK, Africa, and the Middle East.  Alan has served on the Harvard International Principals Centers advisory board, and the Jewish Child Care Agency, where he once was a youth in residence.