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Getting to Excellent: How to Create Better Schoolsreviewed by J. Winfield Green - 2005 Title: Getting to Excellent: How to Create Better Schools Author(s): Judith A. Langer Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807744735, Pages: 129, Year: 2004 Search for book at Amazon.com What criteria do school administrators and teachers use to
evaluate for excellence? Better yet, do educators want to know the
ingredients of an excellent school? Judith Langer’s book,
Getting to Excellent: How to Create Better Schools, answers
one of the most perplexing questions in the era of educational
restructuring, “What makes some schools particularly
successful and other, comparable ones less so” (p. 107)? As
one will soon recognize, this is a must read for all educators,
parents, and community members who desire to impact their
schools.
What makes this book a cut above the rest is the research-based
approach. The appendix describes the action research model used by
the author to conduct her study. Her research took place over a
five-year period with 25 schools, 44 teachers, 88 classes, and some
2,000 students selected to participate (p. 108).
Langer provides the reader with an assessment tool at the end of
Chapters 2 through 6 to determine if a school is more or less
effective. Chapter 2 addresses... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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