Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching.

Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching. Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support PowerfulLearning and Teaching Harvard Harvard,town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. Education Press, $29.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Education consultant Rachel E. Curtis and professor Elizabeth A.City author this exploration of hew hew?v. hewed, hewn or hewed, hew��ing, hewsv.tr.1. To make or shape with or as if with an ax: hew a path through the underbrush.2. school systems can effectivelyengage in systematically improving the quality of classroom instructionto raise the achievement of all students. The authors believe successfuldistricts accomplish this goal through three core competencies: a deepunderstanding of the mission of facilitating learning, as well as anaccurate assessment of the status of one's own district, aknowledge of concrete strategies for implementing this mission andfostering individual and organizational cultures of continuousimprovement. Each chapter includes illustrative il��lus��tra��tive?adj.Acting or serving as an illustration.il��lustra��tive��ly adv.Adj. 1. examples,self-assessment questions and other resources for building capacity atdifferent levels and stages of development. www.harvardeducationpress.org