Creating a Culture for High Performing Schools: A Comprehensive Approach to School Reform and Dropout Prevention - Softcover

Bulach, Cletus R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578867975 ISBN 13: 9781578867974

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008

Synopsis

A high performing school is described as one where student achievement is high and student and teacher absenteeism is low. Student behavior is such that teachers seldom have to control them or tell them what to do. This results in greater time on task, higher teacher morale, low teacher absenteeism, and improved parental support. One other distinctive feature of a high performing school is that the student peer group is a positive force and not a negative force. The end result is a school culture where faculty and students trust and care about each other, and there is a cooperative attitude.

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About the Author

Frederick C. Lunenburg is Jimmy N. Merchant Professor of Education at Sam Houston State University. Previously, he was on the faculty of educational administration at the University of Louisville, Loyola University Chicago, and Southern Utah University, where he also served as Dean of the College of Education. In addition, he has held public school positions as high school English teacher and reading specialist, high school principal, and superintendent of schools. Dr. Lunenburg’s scholarship includes forty-eight books, twenty-three book chapters, and more than two hundred articles published in both practitioner and academic/research journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578867975
• ISBN 13: 9781578867974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340