First Things First; Putting Students Before Standards - A Practical Guide for Building Positive and Engaged Learning Communities
This book targets the P-12 education arena, and intends to advance the discourse surrounding educational equity. The book is written in practical terms and simple format with the intention of compelling educational leaders, teachers, and staff towards initating meaningful conversations for building effective cultures and climates so ALL students have a better likelihood of achieving success. It confronts specific mindsets and ideological challenges associated with “standards first” approaches existing within many educational communities that make high achievement in schooling easier for some students but more difficult for others.
This book targets the P-12 education arena, and intends to advance the discourse surrounding educational equity. The book is written in practical terms and simple format with the intention of compelling educational leaders, teachers, and staff towards initating meaningful conversations for building effective cultures and climates so ALL students have a better likelihood of achieving success. It confronts specific mindsets and ideological challenges associated with “standards first” approaches existing within many educational communities that make high achievement in schooling easier for some students but more difficult for others.
This book targets the P-12 education arena, and intends to advance the discourse surrounding educational equity. The book is written in practical terms and simple format with the intention of compelling educational leaders, teachers, and staff towards initating meaningful conversations for building effective cultures and climates so ALL students have a better likelihood of achieving success. It confronts specific mindsets and ideological challenges associated with “standards first” approaches existing within many educational communities that make high achievement in schooling easier for some students but more difficult for others.