Janet I Angelis: 3 books
Best Practices from High-Performing High Schools
How Successful Schools Help Students Stay in School and Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In their second collaboration, Wilcox and Angelis tell the stories of high school educators who embody best practices in their day-to-day activities—practices that consistently lead to higher student academic achievement across the core subjects for all students. This book shares results of...
Building Academic Literacy
Engaging All Learners in Every Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Building Academic Literacy is a coach-in-a-pocket for educators seeking to build strong academic literacy and higher-order thinking. This book is for anyone with responsibility for instruction – teachers, instructional coaches, professional developers, principals, curriculum leaders, teacher preparation...
Innovation in Odds-Beating Schools
Exemplars for Getting Better at Getting Better
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Three policy innovations at the heart of this book – the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), new Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR), and data driven instruction (DDI) provide a timely opportunity to join school and district improvement and policy implementation research with improvement...