{"product_id":"leading-high-performance-school-systems-lessons-from-the-worlds-best-9781416627005","title":"Leading High-Performance School Systems: Lessons from the World's Best","description":"\u003cp\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid you know that close to half of today's jobs in the U.S. could be done by robots and that proportion is rapidly increasing? It is quite possible that about half of today's high school graduates will not have the knowledge or skills needed to get a decent job when they graduate. Tomorrow's high school graduates will be able to thrive in this environment, but only if school superintendents, central office executives, and principals use the strategies employed by the world's top-performing education systems to build the high-performance education systems today's students will need to succeed tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLeading High-Performance School Systems: Lessons from the World's Best, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Tucker, a leading expert on top-performing school systems with more than 30 years of experience studying the global economy and education systems worldwide, details how top-performing school systems have met head-on the challenges facing school leaders today. You'll learn why our current system is obsolete, explore the knowledge and skills needed to design and build first-rate education systems, and gain a solid understanding of the key elements of high-performance school systems, including the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA powerful, coherent instructional system with school-leaving certifications that mean much more than today's high school diploma. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePartnerships with first-rate universities to ensure a steady supply of highly capable, well-educated, and well-trained teachers. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchools reorganized around highly qualified professional teachers with a career ladder they can climb. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh expectations and personalized support to ensure that children arrive at each grade level ready to learn. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn equitable system that closes the gaps in student performance. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVocational education for talented youth seeking an applied, academically rigorous education.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading High-Performance School Systems\u003c\/em\u003e is an invaluable resource for school leaders preparing today's students for tomorrow's world.\u003cem\u003eThis book is a copublication of ASCD and NCEE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTucker, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Tucker\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founder, CEO, and president of the National Center on Education and the Economy. A leader of the standards-driven education reform movement, Tucker has been studying the strategies used by the countries with the most successful education systems for three decades. He created New Standards--a precursor to the Common Core, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, and its successor, the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce; and he was instrumental in creating the National Skill Standards Board. Tucker also created the National Institute of School Leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTucker authored the 1986 Carnegie report \u003cem\u003eA Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e and the report of the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages, \u003c\/em\u003e and was the lead author of \u003cem\u003eTough Choices or Tough Times, \u003c\/em\u003e the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. He coauthored or edited \u003cem\u003eThinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations; Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Principal Challenge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTucker was commended by President Bill Clinton for his contributions to the design of the Clinton administration's education and job training proposals in the Rose Garden ceremony celebrating the passage of the legislation authorizing the Clinton program. In 2014, he received the James Bryant Conant Award from the Education Commission of the States for his outstanding individual contribution to American education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASCD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649004245266,"sku":"9781416627005","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_002150fe-297c-4804-974d-75ac5c5440eb.jpg?v=1733254944","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leading-high-performance-school-systems-lessons-from-the-worlds-best-9781416627005","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}