Alexandria, VA (02/02/2012)—Now off press, Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools by ASCD authors William Parrett and Kathleen Budge supports education leaders in changing school processes to help students living in poverty succeed. Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools is a guide that principals, teacher leaders, and district leaders can use to help close the achievement gap between students living in poverty and their more privileged peers.
High-poverty, high-performing schools do not arrive at success by chance; a crucial factor common among them is effective school and district leadership. Designed to empower education leaders who are ready to make change and bring success to their schools, Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools lays the groundwork for planning and action while offering valuable information about poverty and its shocking, far-reaching effects.
This book not only helps spark informed conversations among colleagues, it also explores research-based practices that high-performing, high-poverty schools have turned to—as well as those that they have abandoned. The book zeros in on what successful, high-poverty schools began doing or improved on in three areas of performance: building leadership capacity; fostering a healthy, safe, and supportive learning environment; and focusing on student, professional, and system learning.
In addition to exploring research on what hundreds of high-poverty, high-performing schools have done, the authors present lessons learned and practical advice from seven truly remarkable schools:
Dayton’s Bluff Elementary School in St. Paul, Minn.;
Lapwai Elementary School in northern Idaho;
Molalla High School southwest of Portland, Ore.;
Osmond A. Church P.S./M.S. 124 K–8 School in Queens, N. Y.;
Port Chester Middle School north of New York City, N.Y.;
Tekoa High School in the farmland of eastern Washington State; and
William Howard Taft Elementary School in Boise, Idaho.
“There is much to be learned from schools that are helping young learners living in poverty succeed,” said ASCD CEO and Executive Director Dr. Gene Carter. “In this book, William Parrett and Kathleen Budge make clear that any school can become high-performing if its leaders are willing to refocus efforts on effective, research-based strategies.”
About the Authors
William H. Parrett is the director of the Center for School Improvement & Policy Studies and a professor of education at Boise State University. He has received international recognition for his work in school improvement, small schools, and alternative education and for his efforts to help youth at risk.
Kathleen M. Budge is the coordinator of the Leadership Development Program at Boise State University. She has led the development of this innovative, nontraditional preparation program, the purpose of which is to develop leaders who have the commitment and capabilities to lead schools where all students succeed.
ASCD offers educators a free Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools study guide available on the ASCD.org website.
For more information about ASCD, please visit www.ascd.org. To learn more about our books program or to read sample chapters from past publications, please visit www.ascd.org/books.
Contact Information
Julia Liapidova, communications specialist, 1-703-575-5607 or by e-mail.
Stephen Wakefield, communications director, 1-703-575-5764 or by e-mail.
ASCD is the global leader in developing and delivering innovative programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner. Comprising 150,000 members—superintendents, principals, teachers, professors, and advocates from more than 145 countries—the ASCD community also includes 58 affiliate organizations. The nonprofit’s diverse, nonpartisan membership is its greatest strength, projecting a powerful, unified voice to decision makers around the world. To learn more about how ASCD supports educators as they learn, teach, and lead, visit www.ascd.org.
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