Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference
- ISBN10: 155542368X
- ISBN13: 9781555423681
- Author: Roland S. Barth
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Published: 20/08/1991
£16.99
The author argues that teachers, principals and parents can be the most powerful source of innovative ideas for reforming schools and that communication, collegiality and risk-taking among adults in the school can create an atmosphere that encourages learning and leadership for all.
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"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of startingwith a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educationalstaff's existing strengths." --The New York Times BookReview
Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-takingamong adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadershipfor all.
Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-takingamong adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadershipfor all.