Failure is not an option
Subtitle: six principles that guide student achievement in high-performing schools
By: Alan M. Blankstein ; foreword by Michael Fullan
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: School improvement programs -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States; Educational leadership -- United States
Description: Presents six principles for creating and implementing high-performance schools and provides ways to handle difficult issues, advice on team teaching and learning, and suggestions for continuous improvement and evaluation of methods.
Notes: "A copublication of Corwin Press and The Hope Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-269) and index
Table of contents: title: Why failure is not an option; title: Courageous leadership for school success; title: Ten common routes to failure, and how to avoid each; title: Building a professional learning community with relational trust; title: Principle #1, Common mission, vision, values, and goals; title: Principle #2, Ensuring achievement for all students : systems for prevention and intervention; title: Principle #3, Collaborative teaming focused on teaching and learning; title: Principle #4, Using data to guide decision making and continuous improvement; title: Principle #5, Gaining active engagement from family and community; title: Principle #6, Building sustainable leadership capacity / by Alan M. Blankstein with Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink