{"product_id":"9781607095293","title":"Changing Schools from the Inside Out: Small Wins in Hard Times","description":"At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.","brand":"R\u0026L Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134927061232,"sku":"9781607095293","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607095293_p0.jpg?v=1763829412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607095293","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}