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Informationen zum Autor Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education. In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as department chair and associate dean. He is past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). He is co-editor of the AERA Handbook on Educational Administration (1999) and editor of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) yearbook, The Educational Leadership Challenge (2002). His work is in the area of school improvement, with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has authored or co-authored 18 books in this area and edited another 12. His most recent authored volumes include Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement (2002), Leadership for Literacy: Research-Based Practice, PreK-3 (2003), Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement (2005), Preparing School Leaders: Defining a Research and Action Agenda (2006), and Turning Around Failing Schools: Lessons From the Organizational Sciences . Klappentext Sound bites of wisdom for successful school improvementThis is no ordinary how-to manual. Researcher Joseph Murphy infuses experiences and humor into oft-debated methods of school improvement. School leaders, teachers, and improvement-minded audiences will find a collection of daily reflections that motivate, amuse, and inspire. This book presents more than 70 short, digestible lessons on what works, what doesn't, and what matters most in the world of high-stakes testing and accountability, such as: Prevention trumps remediation Context always matters School improvement is about layering small gains Zusammenfassung More than 70 humorous and thought-provoking lessons guide improvement-minded educators toward what works, what doesn't, and what matters most in school improvement. Inhaltsverzeichnis The DNA of School Improvement Preface About the Author Tales of School Improvement The Mournful Tale of the Death of Mr. School Improvement The Case of the Remarkable Reappearance of Mr. School Improvement The Return of Mr. School Improvement Framework for School Improvement Essential Lessons Epilogue References Index ...
