Six Pathways to Healthy Child Development and Academic Success: The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412905087 ISBN 13: 9781412905084

Publisher: Corwin Press Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Ensure that all school decisions are made in the best interest of children and their success with this first-ever published field guide promoting child development and learning.

 

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About the Authors

James P. Comer, M.D., is the founder and chairman of the Yale School Development Program, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center, and Associate Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine. He has been the recipient of the Grawemeyer Award in Education, the John and Mary Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine Award, the Rockefeller Public Service Award, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Prize in Education, the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education, the Heinz Award for Service to Humanity, and  many other awards and honors, including 41 honorary degrees.

Edward T. Joyner, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of the Yale School Development Program. He served as the SDP′s first director of training, was the original designer of the SDP Leadership Development Academies, and initiated university-public school partnerships to strengthen local school reform efforts. He is the architect of the SDP′s systemic initiative to coordinate the work of the school board, central office, building staff, and the larger school community to create an optimal environment for teaching and learning throughout each school district. He currently oversees all of the operations of the Yale School Development Program and serves as the lead implementation coordinator for New York.

Michael Ben-Avie directs the Impact Analysis and Strategies Group, which studies corporate, nonprofit, and government partnerships that promote youth development and student learning. He conducts national studies designed to evaluate the effectiveness of mentoring programs and psychological interventions on children′s lifepaths. He has co-edited books about the Yale School Development Program with James P. Comer and colleagues, and has published numerous book chapters, journal articles, and reports on educational change initiatives, high schools, parent involvement, and the relationship between youth development and student learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin Press Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412905087
• ISBN 13: 9781412905084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Comer James P., Joyner Edward T., Ben-Avie Michael