Smart Schools

Smart Schools
Author: David Perkins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1439108404

Perkins reveals the common misguided strategies students use and offers teachers and parents advice on how they can help their children. Although there has been a great deal of impassioned debate over the sad state of American education today, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how children actually learn to think. But, as David Perkins demonstrates, we cannot solve our problems in this area simply by redistributing power or by asking children to regurgitate facts on a multiple choice exam. Rather we must ask what kinds of knowledge students typically acquire in school. In Smart Schools, Perkins draws on over twenty years of research to reveal the common misguided strategies students use in trying to understand a topic, and then shows teachers and parents what strategies they can use with children to increase real understanding.

Creating Smart Schools

Creating Smart Schools
Author: Dr. Judith Kronin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2011-06-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1462891675

This book is a guide for the creation of “Smart Schools. ” Through the use of the “Education Instructional Coaching Model, American students can display the highest levels of academic achievement. This model is based upon a set of core beliefs that include: • the major goal of educators is to inspire students to become critical thinkers and independent learners; • educators must create environments of small learning communities where a major portion of instruction is devoted to problem solving; • teachers must design student directed instruction; • educational reform is comprehensive and involves every member of the educational community; • instructional coaching which requires mutual respect between a coach and teacher is the corner stone for improving classroom instruction.

The Handbook for SMART School Teams

The Handbook for SMART School Teams
Author: Anne E. Conzemius
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2013-12-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1936764792

Prepare your students for the future while juggling the expectations of multiple stakeholders! A fresh take on the classic first edition, this guide defines and advocates SMART goals—goals that are Strategic and specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results oriented, and Time bound. Gain a schoolwide understanding of how to cultivate a productive collaborative culture, and engage every member of your team in the process.

Smart Schools, Smart Kids

Smart Schools, Smart Kids
Author: Edward Fiske
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1992-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0671792121

A revolution in education is sweeping across America. Smart Schools, Smart Kids takes readers into dozens of pioneering schools across the country to describe successful programs and how they work, the problems they have encountered, and the results they have achieved. Innovative reformers are transforming every aspect of the "nineteenth-century factory-model school" into a new kind of public school capable of educating kids for twenty-first century challenges. Smart Schools, Smart Kids shows how. It is a book that is sure to be warmly welcomed by parents, teachers, administrators, and public officials alike who want to improve education for their own and for all of America's children. This nation can no longer afford to wait for change: Smart Schools, Smart Kids will make a real difference now. Book jacket.

From Street Smart to School Smart

From Street Smart to School Smart
Author: David P. Sortino
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2021-07-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475861125

This story about 17-year-old Jewels Odom and 13 other ex-teen prostitutes gives Jewels and her 13 "sisters" a pulpit to speak to other lost girls looking for an escape from what they call the “streets of hell.” What separates Jewels from her “street sisters” is her ability to survive and succeed -- actually going to college to return as a teacher at juvie. This story ends with a mixture of successes and failures, but as always, Jewels is the one who has the final say when she tries to connect with Maya Angelou, the famous poet, to be the graduation speaker.

The Handbook for SMART School Teams

The Handbook for SMART School Teams
Author: Anne Conzemius
Publisher: Solution Tree
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781936764785

Prepare your students for the future while juggling the expectations of multiple stakeholders! A fresh take on the classic first edition, this guide defines and advocates SMART goals--goals that are Strategic and specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results oriented, and Time bound. Gain a schoolwide understanding of how to cultivate a productive collaborative culture, and engage every member of your team in the process.

The Power of SMART Goals

The Power of SMART Goals
Author: Anne Conzemius
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 193400992X

Help staff focus on results, and implement SMART (Strategic and specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results based, and Time bound) goals to transform your school into a place where every student meets or exceeds standards. The authors present four success stories from real SMART schools and several frameworks for adult and student goal setting that lead to real results.

Make, Learn, Succeed

Make, Learn, Succeed
Author: Mark Gura
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781564843807

In order to adequately prepare students for success in their lifetimes, our schools need to be transformed into environments that encourage students to evolve and develop as creative individuals. Educators are challenged to establish an instructional practice that will encourage and support the development of student creativity as well as meet curricular goals and assessments. In this book, author Mark Gura shows that yes, creativity can be developed and--with the variety of technology resources currently available--doing so is not only possible, but practical and effective. Through examples and practical approaches the book guides educators in: * weaving Maker, STEAM, Robotics, and Gaming into Instruction * encouraging motivation, entrepreneurship, curiosity, and play * teaching creativity across the curriculum * finding technology tools and resources to support student creativity

Dumb Ideas Won't Create Smart Kids

Dumb Ideas Won't Create Smart Kids
Author: Eric M. Hass
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807755532

If you want to actually do something about providing excellent education for every child in America , this book is for you. Using insights from cognitive science, educational research, and the social sciences, the authors examine the compelling nature of four "dumb ideas" at the center of current education policy and practice: (1) simplifying knowledge helps students learn more and faster, (2) teaching and learning are a matter of proper transmission of good content, (3) homogenous environments ease learning, and (4) more standardized data and rigorous controls of our schooling will solve all our problems. The authors then present research that consistently shows why smart K - 12 education will not be achieved by current policies and practices, such as high-stakes standardized tests, homogenous grouping, and abbreviated teacher preparation. This lively book offers solutions for changing the harmful disconnect between our goals and the means we employ to get there, including key "smart ideas" and a set of how-to actions that will lead to great schools for every child.