Stop. Right. Now.: The 39 Stops to Making Schools Better

Author Jimmy Casas - Jeff Zoul

Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting

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Author

Jimmy Casas - Jeff Zoul

Publisher

Dave Burgess Consulting

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Copyright

2018

ISBN13

9781949595048

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eBook

Grade Level

170

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TBD

Overview

In this book, the authors/education leaders identify 39 practices, programs, processes, philosophies, and people problems that schools must eliminate in order to improve education for students-and the entire school community. The status quo and average results are no longer acceptable! There are some best practices<\\Q> that we simply need to stop right now.<\\P>
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Introduction.
Let's Start… Stopping.
1: The “Pitstop” Areas.
2: The 39 Stops.
Let's Stop….
3: Making Assumptions.
4: Ineffective Grading Practices.
5: Taking Away Recess Time.
6: Relying on the Same People to Lead.
7: Assigning Meaningless Homework.
8: Limiting Learning with Traditional School Calendars.
9: Tolerating Gossip.
10: Preparing Students for the Next Level.
11: Administering Final Exams.
12: Sifting and Sorting Kids.
13: Using Low-Level Questions.
14: Traditional Spelling Tests.
15: Assigning Worksheets.
16: Punishing Instead of Teaching.
17: Relying Solely on Traditional Salary Schedules.
18: Expecting Committees to Solve Problems.
19: Holding Information-Only Staff Meetings.
20: Trying to Do It All by Yourself.
21: Selecting Leadership Team Members Based on Seniority or Position.
22: Placing Pre-Service Teachers with Ineffective Teachers.
23: Reviewing Excessively for Exams.
24: Geography and Spelling Bees.
25: Counting Down, Groaning, and Cheering.
26: Supervising Instead of Connecting.
27: Striving for Mere Compliance.
28: Administering Surveys without Following Up.
29: Focusing on What Students and Staff Are Not Doing.
30: Honor Rolls.
31: Complaining about Dress Codes.
32: Celebrating Non-High School Graduations.
33: Identifying Valedictorians.
34: Suspending and Expelling Students.
35: Making Excuses.
36: Evaluating Staff Members.
37: Insisting I Don't Have Enough Time.
38: Saying I Hate Change.
39: Changing for the Sake of Change.
40: Sporadically Celebrating Specific Populations.
41: Doing What You've Always Done.
Let's Continue….
42: Start. Stop. Continue..
Conclusion.
Bibliography.
About the Authors.
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Stop. Right. Now.: The 39 Stops to Making Schools Better

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