Sage Publications Opening The Common Core Book - Softcover

Burris, Carol Corbett; Garrity, Delia T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452226237 ISBN 13: 9781452226231

Publisher: Sage Publications Inc, 2012

Synopsis

This book provides practical strategies and standards-based model lessons proven to help close achievement gaps and increase the number of students who complete four-year college programs.

About this title

About the Author:

Carol Corbett Burris has served as principal of South Side High School in New York′s Rockville Centre School District since 2000. Prior to becoming a principal, she was a teacher at both the middle and high school level. She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her dissertation, which studied her district’s detracking reform in math, received the 2003 National Association of Secondary Schools’ Principals Middle Level Dissertation of the Year Award. In 2010, she was named The New York State Outstanding Educator by School Administrators Association of New York State.

She is the co-author, with Delia Garrity, of Detracking for Excellence and Equity. Articles that she has authored or co-authored have appeared in Educational Leadership, The Kappan, the American Educational Research Journal, The Teachers College Record, Theory into Practice, The School Administrator, the American School Board Journal and EdWeek. A chapter on closing the achievement gap, which she co-authored with Kevin Welner, appeared in Lessons in Integration: Realizing the Promise of Racial Diversity in America′s Schools, a volume edited by the Harvard Civil Rights Project.  

Review:

"This book is perfectly timed for the release and implementation of the Common Core State Standards. This is exactly what a school needs to use the implementation of the CCSS as an opportunity to change its moral imperative to include a mission to prepare all students for post-secondary education." Author: Michael Horton, AVID Administrator Published On: 2011-11-28

“The authors equip school and district leaders with a practical, research-based approach to providing an engaging, equitable learning experience for all students.”

Author: Jeff Ronneberg, Superintendent Published On: 2011-11-28

“Burris and Garrity use a combination of academic acceleration, equity results, critical thinking, and teacher support to paint a concrete picture of what it takes to get results. They provide both the framework and specifics to create a rich curriculum and instructional strategies that engage all students. The message of combining the CCSS with the recognition and enlistment of teacher talent and ideas is infectious. Engaging and persuasively written.” Author: Henry M. Levin, Founder of the Accelerated Schools Project Published On: 2011-12-27

“The authors helped move their district toward national recognition for outstanding teaching and learning founded upon the development of teachers as knowledgeable, trusted professionals. Their book gives teachers and school leaders practical, useful tools grounded in experience and research―tools that help provide all students with excellent and challenging learning experiences that are deep, meaningful, preparatory and not driven by testing.” Author: Kevin G. Welner, Director, National Education Policy Center Published On: 2011-12-27

“At a time when testing pressures are narrowing the curriculum in too many schools, Burris and Garrity show readers how students can be led to college readiness through sound instructional practices that recognize research and honor good teaching. This book provides teachers and school leaders with clear examples of strategies and lessons that recognize that equitable access to rich learning experiences for all students is critical as we strive for excellence.” Author: Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education and Founding Director Published On: 2012-01-03

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1452226237
• ISBN 13: 9781452226231
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192