Engaging EVERY Learner - Blankstein, Alan M.

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Résumé :
Join today's most insightful thinkers as they explore the heart, mind, and soul of educational leadership! This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discussions about closing the equity gap and ensuring high achievement for all learners. As the first volume in The Soul of Educational Leadership series, this unique collection presents: Contributions from Pedro Noguera, Thomas Guskey, Richard Farson, Alan Boyle, Antoinette Mitchell, Stephen G. Peters, Randall & Delores Lindsey, Karen Pittman & Merita Irby, and Alan M. Blankstein Thought-provoking ideas applicable to all schools, districts, and learning communities A complete index for browsing and referencing across topics

Biographie:
Award-winning author and educational leader, Alan Blankstein served for 25 years as President of the HOPE Foundation, which he founded and whose honorary chair is Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former ?high-risk? youth, Alan began his career in education as a music teacher. He worked for Phi Delta Kappa, March of Dimes, and Solution Tree, which he founded in 1987 and directed for 12 years while launching Professional Learning Communities beginning in the late 1980s. He is the author of the best-selling book Failure Is Not an Option?: Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools, which received the Book of the Year award from Learning Forward. Alan is Senior Editor, lead contributor, and/or author of 18 books, including Excellence Through Equity with Pedro Noguera,.? He also authored some 20 articles in leading education print including Education Week, Educational Leadership, The Principal, and Executive Educator. Alan has provided keynote presentations and workshops for virtually every major U.S. Ed Org, and throughout the UK, Africa, and the Middle East.? Alan has served on the Harvard International Principals Centers advisory board, and the Jewish Child Care Agency, where he once was a youth in residence.

Sommaire:
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Introduction
1. Terms of Engagement: Where Failure Is Not An Option - Alan M. Blankstein
2. From Vision to Reality: Pedro Noguera Discusses Engaging Every Learner With Alan Blankstein - Pedro A. Noguera, Alan M. Blankstein
3. Culturally Proficient Equity Audits: A Tool for Engaging Every Learner - Delores B. Lindsey, Randall B. Lindsey
4. The Emergence of a Knowledge Base for Teaching Diverse Learners in Big-City Schools: From Practice to Theory to Practice - Antoinette Mitchell
5. Capture, Inspire, Teach!: Reflections on High Expectations for Every Learner - Stephen Peters
6. All Our Children Learning: New Views on the Work of Benjamin S. Bloom - Thomas R. Guskey
7. Engaging Every Learner: Blurring the Lines for Learning to Ensure that All Young People Are Ready for College, Work, and Life - Karen J. Pittman, Merita Irby
8. Compassionate Intervention: Helping Failing Schools to Turn Around - Alan Boyle
9. The Case for Failure: Risk, Innovation, and Engagement - Richard Farson
Index