Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, 2nd Edition
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In this 2nd edition of Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, Mike Schmoker extends and updates the case that our schools could be on the cusp of swift, unparalleled improvements. But we are stymied by a systemwide failure to simplify and prioritize; we have yet to focus our limited time and energy on the most essential, widely acknowledged, evidence-based practices that could have more impact than all other initiatives combined. They are: simple, coherent curricula; straightforward, traditional literacy practices; and lessons built around just a few hugely effective elements of good teaching. As Schmoker demonstrates, the case for these practices—and the need for them—has grown prodigiously.
Table of contents
Introduction
Section I. First Things First: What We Teach, How We Teach—and Literacy
About the authors
Mike Schmoker is a former teacher, administrator, and coach. He is the author of Focus, Results Now 2.0, and several other bestselling books, one of which was a finalist for Book of the Year by the Association of Educational Publishers. He has authored dozens of articles for educational journals, newspapers and TIME magazine.
In an Education Week survey of national educational leaders, he was identified as among the best sources of practical "nuts and bolts . . . advice, wisdom, and insight" on effective school improvement strategies. As a much sought-after presenter, Schmoker delivers keynotes and consults throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, China, and Jordan. Contact Mike Schmoker.