A how-to manual for achieving excellence despite budget cuts
This book offers a comprehensive framework to enhance student achievement in good times and in bad. The author provides a school improvement action plan and then shows how to target resources to implement that plan. More than just a theory book, this text describes concrete, specific actions that can be taken immediately. Key strategies include:
- Using data to support boosting student performance
- Focusing on effective instruction
- Setting goals to drive resource allocation priorities
- Setting priorities for situations that require budget cuts
- Hiring top teachers and providing ongoing professional development
- Providing needed technology resources
