Book Description

"With a wonderful mix of theory and practice, this volume is for professionals and for lay people, indeed for anyone interested in the crucial questions related to educational leadership in this country. The authors are to be congratulated, and the readers will be grateful for their efforts."

Barry Munitz
President and CEO, JP Getty Trust

Learn proven techniques to increase achievement in ethnically diverse classrooms!

This compelling guide masterfully demonstrates how high achievement can exist in the midst of high minority enrollment and high poverty. By drawing upon the best practices of 13 exemplary schools, the book highlights the specific means by which ethnically diverse—namely African American and Latino—students can attain educational success. These "Promising Practices" are presented in a user-friendly, well-organized format, with real examples interwoven throughout.

The book summarizes more than fifty practices which school leaders, teachers and parents viewed as reasons why their schools were successful. Careful study suggests that these practices could work in any school with any demographics. The marvel is that schools with high minority, high poverty student populations were able to do them, and consistently maintain API numbers that were higher than the average for California.

An invaluable resource, it shares school-tested methods that can be replicated readily, including:

• 7 strategies for principals to be effective leaders
• 8 tactics for successful curriculum and classroom instruction
• 9 proven ways to make meaningful connections with parents