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Conference on Teaching Excellence

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Get up-to-date on recent revelations about best practices in the classroom, how to make them routine in every grade and subject, and how to scale them systemwide. 

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Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership ASCD Talks with Authors Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott

Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership

(August 2012 Member Book)

 

Synopsis


When you want to succeed in the tough landscape of urban schools, you need more than just passion, faith in your own ability, and a sense of urgency. You need real skills to transform any school into an oasis of success, where all students realize their potential and aim high.

In this interview about their ASCD book, Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott, educators with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, explain what fearless leadership looks like and share their hopeful vision for urban schools.

This interview was conducted by ASCD Acquisitions Editor Genny Ostertag.