| Facilitator′s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option(r): 6 Principles for Making Student Success the Only Option Teacher's Guide Edition Contributor(s): Blankstein, Alan M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412981743 ISBN-13: 9781412981743 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2009 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 371 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.3" W x 10.8" (0.55 lbs) 88 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Help ensure that failure is never an option for any child by demonstrating how school leaders can apply six powerful principles to create successful, sustainable high-performing schools! The resources in this facilitator′s guide can also be found at the HOPE Foundation Web site at www.hopefoundation.org. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blankstein, Alan M.: - Award-winning author and educational leader, Alan Blankstein served for 25 years as President of the HOPE Foundation, which he founded and whose honorary chair is Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former "high-risk" youth, Alan began his career in education as a music teacher. He worked for Phi Delta Kappa, March of Dimes, and Solution Tree, which he founded in 1987 and directed for 12 years while launching Professional Learning Communities beginning in the late 1980s. He is the author of the best-selling book Failure Is Not an Option(R) Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools, which received the Book of the Year award from Learning Forward. Alan is Senior Editor, lead contributor, and/or author of 18 books, including Excellence Through Equity with Pedro Noguera, (In Press). He also authored some 20 articles in leading education print including Education Week, Educational Leadership, The Principal, and Executive Educator. Alan has provided keynote presentations and workshops for virtually every major U.S. Ed Org, and throughout the UK, Africa, and the Middle East. Alan has served on the Harvard International Principals Centers advisory board, and the Jewish Child Care Agency, where he once was a youth in residence.
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