TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmoker,Michael J
TI  - Results now: how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning 
SN  - 9781416603580
AV  - LB2822.S356.R478 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Alexandria, Virginia
PB  - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
KW  - Educational change
KW  - United States
N1  - 1 (pages 183-191) and index; Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision --; I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools --; 1. The Buffer --; 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement --; 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision --; 4. Curricular Chaos --; II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All --; 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy --; 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development --; 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education --; III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community --; 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement --; 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community --; 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community --; Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? --; Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy --; Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching --; Appendix C: Agreements; 2
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html
ER  -