Is the work you give students engaging-enabling them to learn what they need to learn in order to succeed in the world? Maverick educator Phillip Schlechty believes that the key to improving education is to improve the quality of this student work. He calls this "Working the Work" (WOW), and he's developed a framework that allows educators to put ...
"Once again, Phil Schlechty demonstrates why I consider him to be one of the clearest minds in American education. He knows how important public education is to our democracy and has real ideas for making it better. This book is a must-read for policymakers at any level and for those who think and care about school improvement." - Paul D. Houston, ...
Schlechty shows both educators and parents how to envision reform and design quality educational systems. He explains how the visioning process must be rooted in real shared beliefs, how mission statements must unpack visions into concrete goals that are connected to action, and how the results of reform can be usefully assessed. Drawing on the ...
How do schools compete with television, computer games, and the Internet to engage the hearts and minds of their students? Phil Schlechty argues that we must develop schools where innovation is encouraged, and students are given work that is truly rigorous, relevant, and exciting. In making this transition, educators must move beyond some of the ...
"Schlechty's common-sense approach to restructuring is combined with a strategic planner's vision and the translation of beliefs into action...A wide audience, including principals and superintAndents, can find in this book practical outlines for restructuring, and a distinctive and focused view of their role in the educational system sof the ...
In Creating Great Schools, Phillip C. Schlechty one of the nation's best--known experts on leadership and change in schools offers a hands--on primer that will help arm school leaders with the tools they need to buck the system from within. Creating Great Schools shows educational leaders how they can sustain continuous innovation and improvement ...
This book demonstrates how fundamental elements in the structure of today's primary and secondary schools, such as the purpose of schools, institutional rules and the roles of students, teachers and leaders must change radically if these institutions are to be responsive to the educational needs of children and society throughout the next century.
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