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Making Schools Smarter

Leading With Evidence

Third Edition
By: Kenneth Leithwood, Robert Aitken, Doris Jantzi

Proven tools for data-driven school improvement!

By examining strong data, school leaders can confidently change the culture of their schools and districts, leading with evidence rather than hunches. This third edition of the powerful bestseller provides the refined and updated tools for effectively reshaping today's school districts and attaining positive outcomes by addressing three of the most critical challenges in district and school leadership:

Determining a comprehensive and real image of future schools and districts as professional learning communities
Highlighting needed changes for achieving missions and goals
Providing school leaders with much-needed tools to demonstrate and improve accountability

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412917636
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2006
Page Count: 216
Publication date: January 06, 2006

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Proven tools for data-driven school improvement!

From strategic planning and accountability to restructuring goals, school leaders face a myriad of organizational tasks, each one vying for immediate action. Where to begin and where best to allocate resources become critical questions as the issue of organization becomes more prevalent. The third edition of a powerful bestseller, Making Schools Smarter provides the refined and updated tools to create a workable model for reshaping today's school districts for positive outcomes.

This practical guide addresses and helps resolve significant issues in district and school leadership, including:

Determining a comprehensive and real image of future schools and districts as professional learning communities
Highlighting critical changes for achieving missions and goals
Providing school leaders with much-needed tools to demonstrate and improve accountability

With No Child Left Behind and increased accountability as powerful reminders of what's at stake, Making Schools Smarter gets to the heart of the argument that smarter schools mean enhanced learning for all.

Author(s)

Kenneth Leithwood

Dr. Leithwood is Emeritus Professor at OISE/University of Toronto. His research and writing is about school leadership, educational policy and organizational change. He has published extensively on these topics. For example, he is the senior editor of both the first and second International Handbooks on Educational Leadership and Administration (Kluwer Publishers, 1996, 2003). His most recent books include How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success (2017, Springer), Linking Leadership to Student Learning (2012, Jossey Bass), Leading School Turnaround (2010, Jossey Bass), Distributed leadership: The state of the evidence (2009, Routledge), Leading with Teachers’ Emotions in Mind (2008, Corwin), Making Schools Smarter (Corwin, 3^rd edition, 2006) and Teaching for Deep Understanding (Corwin, 2006). Among his awards, Professor Leithwood is the inaugural recipient of the University of Toronto’s Impact on Public Policy award, AERA (Division A) 2011 Outstanding Leadership Researcher Award, the 2012 Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration and the Ontario Principal Councils’ Outstanding Contributions to Education Award for 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. With colleagues, he has completed one of the largest studies of its kind about how state, district and school-level leadership influences student learning.

Robert Aitken

Doris Jantzi

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Introduction

Part I. Basic Assumptions About Schools and Districts

2. Clarifying Assumptions: Three Perspectives

3. What Is a Professional Learning Community?

Part II. Educational Inputs and Outcomes

4. What Are Schools Given to Work With?

5. What Ought to Be Accomplished?

Part III. Critical Processes and Conditions: A Systems Orientation to the Core Technology of Schooling

6. Leadership and Management

7. Mission and Goals, Culture and Community

8. Planning and Instructional Services

9. Structure and Organization, and Data-Driven Decision Making

10. Policies and Procedures, and Community Partnerships

Part IV. Gathering and Using School and District Monitoring Information

11. Collecting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Monitoring Information

12. Using School and District Monitoring Information

Appendix A: The School Surveys

Appendix B: The District Surveys

References

Index

Reviews

"The suggested monitoring system is designed to help acquire information needed for improvement and accountability. Both practical and easy to read, this guide includes refined and updated tools and provides support for professional communities."

Curriculum Connections, Fall 2006
School Library Journal

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