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Acknowledgments |
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Meet the Authors |
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Preface |
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Part I Schools that Achieve Outstanding Results for All Students |
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1 Excellent and Equitable Learning Results |
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Evidence of Excellence and Equity |
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Leadership for Excellence and Equity |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Excellent and Equitable Learning Results |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Is Your School Achieving Excellence and Equity? |
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2 Positive Transformational Culture |
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Positive Transformational Culture as the Foundation |
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The Power of a Coherent Educational Improvement System to Create and Sustain Positive Transformational Cultures |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (3) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Positive Transformational Culture |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Have a Positive Transformational Culture? |
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34 | (3) |
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3 Access to Challenging Curricula for All Students |
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Focus on Deep Understanding |
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Writing to Promote Understanding |
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Access to Art, Music, Physical Education, and Other Non-Tested Subjects |
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39 | (1) |
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The Power of a Coherent Educational Improvement System to Ensure Curricular Rigor for All Students |
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40 | (5) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Access to Challenging Curricula for All Students |
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46 | (2) |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Provide Access to Challenging Curricula for All Students? |
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4 Effective Instruction that Results in Engagement and Mastery |
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51 | (26) |
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The Power of a Coherent Educational Improvement System to Ensure Effective Instruction |
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62 | (7) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Effective Instruction that Results in Engagement and Mastery |
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69 | (3) |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Provide Effective Instruction that Results in Engagement and Mastery? |
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Part II Leadership that Promotes Outstanding Results for All Students |
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5 Leadership that Influences the Desire to Change |
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Framing a Reason for Change that Resonates |
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Specifying Who Will Benefit from the Change |
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Basing Every Decision on the Fundamental Reason for Change |
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85 | (1) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Leadership that Influences the Desire to Change |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Leadership Positively Influence the Desire to Change? |
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6 Leadership that Influences Belief in the Capacity to Improve and Succeed |
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Modeling Belief that All Students Will Improve and Succeed |
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93 | (2) |
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Finding and Celebrating Evidence that Cultivates Belief |
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95 | (4) |
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99 | (2) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Leadership that Influences Belief in the Capacity to Improve |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Leadership Positively Influence Belief in the Capacity to Improve and Succeed? |
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7 Leadership that Influences Clarity about Roles and Responsibilities |
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Clear, Consistent, and Regular Communication of Expectations |
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Prioritizing and De-Prioritizing Roles and Responsibilities |
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Promoting Inquiry and Flexibility |
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112 | (1) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Leadership that Influences Clarity about Roles and Responsibilities |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Leadership Influence Clarity about Roles and Responsibilities? |
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8 Leadership that Builds Capacity to Succeed |
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Identifying and Responding to the Reasons for the Lack of Effectiveness |
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Distributing Leadership to Build Capacity |
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Providing Enough Support to Reduce Fear and Magnify Enthusiasm |
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Integrating Collaboration, Professional Development, and Observation and Feedback |
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130 | (1) |
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What It Is & What It Isn't: Leadership that Builds Capacity to Succeed |
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131 | (3) |
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School Self-Assessment Tool: Does Your School Leadership Build Capacity to Succeed? |
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134 | (3) |
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Equity and Excellence are Attainable |
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The Pursuit of Excellence and Equity is Difficult |
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Implications for School Leader Preparation |
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Implications for School Districts |
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Appendix A 2017 National Excellence in Urban Education Eligibility Criteria |
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Appendix B National Excellence in Urban Education Award Winners |
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