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About this book
The Gatekeepers is a comprehensive review of many parts of a school system that resist change. For all stakeholders to embrace improvement, they need to know what habits, practices and indifference act as barriers to growth and change. This book reveals insiders insights into what gates exist, how to navigate around them, and why it is important to risk new ways of doing school.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for The Gatekeepers: Why School Systems Should Retink Resisting Change
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Rapid Tests
- Chapter 2: Assessment as Expression of Core Values
- Chapter 3: Shields Down
- Chapter 4: Partnering with Students to Personalize Learning
- Chapter 5: Hiding Places
- Chapter 6: It’s Not Just About Student Engagement
- Chapter 7: Time Out
- Chapter 8: Time Is a Precious Commodity
- Chapter 9: Search Party
- Chapter 10: “Don’t You Trust Your Students?”
- Chapter 11: A Show of Force
- Chapter 12: Team Over Faculty
- Chapter 13: Growing Gains
- Chapter 14: Making Professional Learning Visible
- Chapter 15: To Lead or Manage—That Is a Question?
- Chapter 16: Leadership in Designing a New School
- Chapter 17: Political Correctness
- Chapter 18: We Censor Ourselves
- Chapter 19: Higher Education
- Chapter 20: Post-Secondary Education: The Presence of Invisible Steps and Stairs
- Chapter 21: Five Days in October
- Chapter 22: House of Mirrors
- Chapter 23: Saving Students from a Shattered System
- Chapter 24: The Sausage Machine: Policy Making and School Funding
- Further Discussion: Embrace the Storm
- References