{"product_id":"9781571109484","title":"Small Steps, Big Changes","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the past two decades, Chris Confer and Marco Ramirez have  worked to deepen and improve mathematics instruction at schools around  the country. Wherever they go, they find the raw ingredients for success  already present: \"The potential for positive change lies within each  school. Abundance is present in the form of capable children, teachers,  coaches, and principals. Potential energy -- what can be -- transforms  into kinetic energy—what will be—only when a force is accurately applied  to move a school in the right direction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Small Steps, Big Changes: Eight Essential Practices for Transforming Schools Through Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e,  the authors identify eight tested principles that transform what can be  an overwhelming process into a set of comprehensible and concrete  steps. Each phase of the change process is brought to life through the  stories and perspectives of teachers, coaches, and principals—stories  that will strike familiar chords for every educator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen  teachers make sense of math, students learn to make sense of math, and  that can profoundly change the entire culture of a school. In one vivid  illustration, the authors tell the story of Pueblo Gardens Elementary  School in Tucson, Arizona, where Marco, as principal, and Chris, as  instructional coach, worked alongside a group of dedicated teachers. A  few years into the change process, Pueblo Gardens -- a school with 96  percent of its students at the poverty level and a high percentage of  English language learners -- had 94 percent of students meeting or  exceeding state standards in third-grade mathematics. Over time, other  grades achieved similarly high scores. And once the test scores rose,  they were sustained at high levels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stenhouse Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163605647600,"sku":"9781571109484","price":25.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571109484_p0.jpg?v=1763767170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571109484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}