Lessons from High-Performing Hispanic Schools: Creating Learning Communities

This practical volume provides school administrators and teachers with the tools they need to transform ordinary schools into high-performing schools:

• Provides a framework for creating successful learning communities
• Shows teachers specific classroom practices that academically motivate minority children
• Recommends leadership practices that school principals can use to foster academic excellence
• Outlines strategies for involving parents in their children's education
• Describes specific assessment practices
• Includes true-to-life, inspiring stories of poor, minority students succeeding academically