Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Success

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About

In this inspiring and thought-provoking follow-up to his 2009 best-seller Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School and in Life, Baruti Kafele makes the case that the "attitude gap" that often affects underperforming students can only be closed if educators first help students develop the will to strive for excellence.

Dedication

Introduction

How Climate and Culture Shape Attitude

Attitude Toward Students: Do I Believe in Them?

Relationship with Students: Do I Know Them?

Compassion for Students: Do I Care About Them?

About the authors

Principal Kafele has led the turnaround of four N.J. urban schools, including Newark Tech, which transformed from a low-performing school in need of improvement into one of national recognition and named one of America's best high schools by U.S. News and World Report.

A school-leadership expert, Kafele is the recipient of more than 150 educational, professional, and community awards, including the Milken National Educator Award and the National Alliance of Black School Educators Hall of Fame Award. He is the author of 12 books, including The Aspiring Principal 50, and six ASCD best sellers—Is My School a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Teacher 50, The Principal 50, Closing the Attitude Gap, and Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & in Life.