{"product_id":"districts-that-succeed-breaking-the-correlation-between-race-poverty-and-achievement-9781682536261","title":"Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDistricts That Succeed\u003c\/i\u003e, long-time education writer Karin Chenoweth turns her attention from effective schools to effective districts.\u003c\/b\u003e Leveraging new, cutting-edge national research on district performance as well as in-depth reporting, Chenoweth profiles five districts that have successfully broken the correlation between race, poverty, and achievement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on high performing or rapidly improving districts that serve children of color and children from low-income backgrounds, the book explores the common elements that have led to the districts' successes, including leadership, processes, and systems. \u003ci\u003eDistricts That Succeed\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that helping more students achieve is not a matter of adopting a program or practice. Rather, it requires developing a district-wide culture where all adults feel responsible for the academic well-being of students and adopt systems and processes that support that culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chenoweth explores how districts, from urban Chicago, Illinois to rural Seaford, Delaware, have organized themselves to look at data to guide improvement. Her research highlights the essential role of districts in closing achievement gaps and illustrates how successful outliers can serve as resources for other districts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With important lessons for district leaders and policy makers alike, Chenoweth offers the hard-won wisdom of educators who understand the power of schools to, as one superintendent says, \"change the path of poverty.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Chenoweth\u003c\/b\u003e is the writer-in-residence at The Education Trust, a national education advocacy organization that works to improve the academic achievement of all children, particularly children of color and children who live in poverty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is author of four books previously published by Harvard Education Press: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchools That Succeed: How Educators Marshal the Power of Systems for Improvement\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGetting It Done: Leading Success in Unexpected Schools, coauthored with Christina Theokas\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHOW It's Getting Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); and \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is also the creator of the \u003ci\u003eExtraOrdinary Districts\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and its pandemic spinoff, \u003ci\u003eExtraOrdinary Districts in Extraordinary Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A longtime education writer, she wrote a weekly column on schools and education for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e for five years and for several years wrote regular posts for \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and the now-defunct \u003ci\u003eBritannica Blog\u003c\/i\u003e. She was senior writer and editor at \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues In Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e (now \u003ci\u003eDiverse\u003c\/i\u003e); reporter and editorial editor of the now-defunct \u003ci\u003eMontgomery Journal\u003c\/i\u003e; and a stringer with a byline for UPI reporting from Ankara, Turkey. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEducation Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kappan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEducational Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e. She graduated from Columbia University's School of Journalism in 1979.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harvard Education PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557564649746,"sku":"9781682536261","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12cbe72c-0d88-424e-be19-428b89f5f25b.jpg?v=1731786382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/districts-that-succeed-breaking-the-correlation-between-race-poverty-and-achievement-9781682536261","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}