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Summer 2008 | Volume 65

Best of Educational Leadership 2007–2008

Introduction


Facing the Challenges

Marge Scherer

Overcoming the Obstacles to Leadership

Susan Moore Johnson and Morgaen L. Donaldson

Teachers seeking leadership struggle with a culture that promotes both egalitarianism and deference to seniority.

The Perils and Promises of Praise

Carol S. Dweck

Praising students' effort is more effective than praising inherent intelligence.

Nine Ways to Catch Kids Up

Marilyn Burns

Essential strategies for boosting students' foundational knowledge.

Assessing What Matters

Robert J. Sternberg

Worthy assessments drive students to value being creative, analytical, practical, and wise.

All Our Students Thinking

Nel Noddings

Any subject promotes critical thinking if it is taught in intellectually challenging ways.

Of Whales and Wonder

Kieran Egan and Gillian Judson

How to bring out the imaginative and emotional features of the curriculum.

Whose Problem Is Poverty?

Richard Rothstein

Modest social and economic reforms can greatly improve student achievement.

High Schools at the Tipping Point

Bob Wise

Why it's time to change our high schools.

Copyright © 2008 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development




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