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The Pyramid Approach: A Framework for Raising Student Academic Achievement
By (Author) George Woodrow
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
13th October 2014
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Educational strategies and policy
Educational administration and organization
371.2
Hardback
228
Width 162mm, Height 233mm, Spine 22mm
449g
This book explains why virtually all children can achieve proficiency or higher. And it gives educators the tools to help them achieve those levels of learning. The notion that schools are waiting for Superman or Wonder Woman to rescue them is at best a fantasy and at worst, damaging to schools and school systems that advance this type of flawed thinking. This is why in this book the reader will be encouraged to embrace the concept that only through building effective teams (collective instructional leadership) will schools begin to realize their stated goaleducate all students. It may take a village to raise children but it takes collective instructional leadership to educate them. This book takes great care to ask the questions that policymakers, educators, parents, students and the larger community want answered: Can you handle the truth Why is team leadership needed How do campuses improve their team dynamics What methods do high performing nations use to excel What strategies really work in high poverty schools Where do American schools rank on the rigor scale What is trust and how is it developed What are campus learning disabilities How do beliefs about human capacity affect student achievement levels What methods motivate students to work hard What do we really mean when we say, All children can learn The Pyramid Approach was designed by Dr. George Woodrow, Jr. for use by educators. The Pyramid is research-based; it aligns theory with professional practice. In addition, it strives to take what we know and provide a practical framework to effectively apply that same knowledge in ways that promotes student achievement. The Pyramid Approach calls attention to the need for a systematic framework that recognizes the interconnectedness among research methods.
Dr. George Woodrow is an adjunct professor and national educational consultant with particular expertise in improving schools by promoting a professional belief system that is strategically aligned with professional practice and campus achievement goals.