What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There - Softcover

James H. Stronge (author)|Xianxuan Xu (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416623930 ISBN 13: 9781416623939

Publisher: ASCD, 2017

Synopsis

For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu have written a book that can help educators better prepare students and close that gap.

In What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There, you will find:

• Careful analysis of recent international assessment results―what they mean and what can be done to improve them.
• In-depth profiles of high-achieving education systems around the globe―their histories, their lessons learned, and what they can teach educators and policymakers in the United States.
• Strategies for aligning successful educational approaches from international systems to U.S. schools―which strategies to use, in which subjects, and with which students.
• Transformative ideas for cultivating a truly world-class system of schooling―both simple and complex ways to raise the bar for all students, no matter what their background.

Educators in every country must ensure that their students are as prepared as possible to lead a future generation of citizens. This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

About this title

About the Author

James H. Stronge is CEO of Stronge and Associates Educational Consulting, LLC, an educational consulting company that focuses on teacher and leader effectiveness with projects internationally and in many U.S. states. Additionally, he is the Heritage Professor of Education, a distinguished professorship, in the Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Area at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia.Xianxuan Xu received her doctorate from the College of William and Mary s Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Program. Currently Xu is working as a senior research associate at Stronge and Associates Educational Consulting, LLC. Her research interests focus on teacher effectiveness, professional development, and teacher and principal evaluation.

From the Back Cover

For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu have written a book that can help educators better prepare students and close that gap.

In What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There, you will find

• Careful analysis of recent international assessment results--what they mean and what can be done to improve them.
• In-depth profiles of high-achieving education systems around the globe--their histories, their lessons learned, and what they can teach educators and policymakers in the United States.
• Strategies for aligning successful educational approaches from international systems to U.S. schools--which strategies to use, in which subjects, and with which students.
• Transformative ideas for cultivating a truly world-class system of schooling--both simple and complex ways to raise the bar for all students, no matter what their background.

Educators in every country must ensure that their students are as prepared as possible to lead a future generation of citizens. This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASCD
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416623930
• ISBN 13: 9781416623939
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146