Santiago Rincón-Gallardo - Böcker
Future Directions of Educational Change
Social Justice, Professional Capital, and Systems Change
2 241 kr
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Future Directions of Educational Change
Social Justice, Professional Capital, and Systems Change
638 kr
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2 044 kr
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375 kr
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Whole Learners, Whole Systems
Transforming School Districts for Adolescent Thriving
425 kr
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Reimagine your school district as a thriving ecosystem where young people flourish
Middle and high schools are in crisis. Many educators sense that the traditional factory-model approach to secondary education is failing to meet the developmental needs of adolescents, leading to widespread disengagement and exacerbating a growing mental health crisis. Yet, it often feels like we’re all trapped in a game that nobody wants to play. This book offers a powerful counter-narrative, showing how districts can move beyond compliance and fragmentation toward a new paradigm for secondary education built for deep learning, belonging, and real-world purpose.
Rooted in groundbreaking research and drawing on vivid, story-rich case studies from six diverse school districts in California, Whole Learners, Whole Systems provides a compelling and practical roadmap for transforming secondary schools. It introduces a powerful framework for change built on four key pillars:
Shared Vision: Develop a compelling, co-created, and coherent vision for schools that embraces a “whole learner” view of success.Steady Work: Learn to focus on long-term improvement over quick-fix reforms, building the trust and coherence needed for deep, sustainable change.Symmetry: Model the collaborative, inquiry-rich culture you want to see in classrooms by embedding it in your leadership practice and professional learning.Systemness: Foster collective responsibility and interdependence across classrooms, schools, and the central office to break down silos and build a true learning ecosystem.Whole Learners, Whole Systems provides hopeful, solutions-oriented insights and actionable strategies education leaders need to redesign their systems. It’s time to create whole systems where all adolescents can connect, contribute, and thrive as whole learners.