By John C. Draper and Nancy Protheroe
Educational Research Service (ERS)

Provides school leaders with strategies to shift conversations from school bashing to school improvement.

It's up to school leaders to shift the momentum away from conversations based on misperceptions and toward those that focus on critical issues of school improvement. Crucial Conversations About America's Schools presents skills and strategies to help you do just that. It also provides examples of how to reframe conversations on hot-button but important topics such as:

• Low-achieving schools
• Teacher pay for performance
• The drop-out problem
• Charter schools
• The achievement gap

A chapter is devoted to each issue and written in a style that is easy to grasp and maps out an approach to get the conversation headed in a productive direction. The outline covers the current 'talk' about the issue and then uses research to spotlight the truth about it. And finally, the meat of the chapter takes you through a process to prepare for a crucial conversation with staff, parents, business, political and government leaders.

"Every school board member, cabinet member and principal needs this book to take a giant step forward in engaging their communities and building momentum for school improvement."
-  Rich Bagin, APR
   NSPRA Executive Director

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