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  • Rural School Turnaround and Reform

    It's Hard Work!

    Series series Contemporary Perspectives on School Turnaround and Reform
    We have entitled the fourth book in the series Rural School Turnaround and Reform: It’s Hard Work! Overall, the body of scholarly work and research that examines school turnaround and reform in rural areas is slim; as such, this volume adds to the body of work and contributes to new knowledge in a much-needed area. In this volume, we present chapters that speak to the challenges, successes, and ... Read more

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  • School Turnaround in Secondary Schools

    Possibilities, Complexities, and Sustainability

    Series series Contemporary Perspectives on School Turnaround and Reform
    In the continuing quest to turnaround the lowest performing schools, rapid and sustainable reform, or school turnaround, seems most elusive for secondary schools. Secondary schools are rife with challenges due to their wide-ranging mission and organizational complexity. With the continued emphasis on college and career readiness and the vast learning possibilities enhanced by technology, our third ... Read more

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  • Enduring Myths That Inhibit School Turnaround

    Series series Contemporary Perspectives on School Turnaround and Reform
    The concept of school turnaround—rapidly improving schools and increasing student achievement outcomes in a short period of time—has become politicized despite the relative newness of the idea. Unprecedented funding levels for school improvement combined with few examples of schools substantially increasing student achievement outcomes has resulted in doubt about whether or not turnaround is ... Read more

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  • International Perspectives on Leading Low-Performing Schools

    Series series Contemporary Perspectives on School Turnaround and Reform
    Research is clear: School leadership quality matters. However, our knowledge of effective school leadership remains limited in at least three substantial ways. First, our understanding of school leadership effectiveness generally and school principal effectiveness specifically is limited to Western contexts, primarily North America and western European ones. Second, even in the confines of Western ... Read more

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  • New Perspectives on Early Social-Cognitive Development

    Series Book 254 - Progress in Brain Research
    New Perspectives on Early Social-Cognitive Development, Volume 258 in the Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Dynamics of Coordinated Attention, Investigating the Role of Neural Body Maps in Early Social-Cognitive Development: New Insights from Infant MEG and EEG, Motion tracking in ... Read more

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  • Transition to Agricultural Market Economies

    The Future of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine

    It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union—specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)—are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security. This book examines the future of the KRU countries in global agricultural markets and will examine a number of agricultural sectors, including meat, dairy, fruits, ... Read more

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    Series series Research in Professional Development Schools and School-University Partnerships
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  • Reconsidering Change Management

    Applying Evidence-Based Insights in Change Management Practice

    Series series Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development
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