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vi, 196 p. 23 cm. Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Isolation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. The Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading in the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Communities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Leadership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Central Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Conclusion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Improving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements. Mike Schmoker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index. n-us--- School improvement programs United States Education Aims and objectives United States Educational change United States LB2822.82 .S356 2006 371.203 S356r 1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781416603580 2006004771 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006004771.html DLC 060217 20180810021841.0 298502