02345nam a2200337Ia 4500 ebr10141224 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060217s2006 vau sb 001 0 eng d 2006004771 1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416605645 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)74670449 LB2822.82 .S356 2006eb 371.2/03 22 Schmoker, Michael J. Results now [electronic resource] : how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning / Mike Schmoker. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006. viii, 196 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Education Aims and objectives United States. Educational change United States. School improvement programs United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10141224 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 84141 84141