Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success
Author(s):
Bryan Goodwin
Audience(s):
Teachers and Administrators
Product Description:
McREL's Bryan Goodwin extends the ideas in the 2010 report, Changing the Odds for Student Success: What Matters Most, which identified key areas and principles that have the power to dramatically change the odds for student success. Goodwin uses narratives, real-life examples, and research findings to show how less is more in education reform.
Key Ideas:
Goodwin identifies five key principles at the heart of what it takes to help all students succeed—instruction, curriculum, student support, high-performance school cultures, and data-driven districts.
Simply Better also describes strategic "touchstones" for educators such as how to: challenge and nurture students; standardize yet personalize curriculum; counteract negative out-of-school factors; and reduce variance in teacher quality.
APA Citation:
Goodwin, B. (2011). Simply better: Doing what matters most to change the odds for student success. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
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