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Facilitate critical discussions on ways to close the achievement gap!

This multimedia kit provides staff developers with a flexible agenda and focused activities for leading a book-study seminar on 50 researched-based strategies for developing high-performing, equitable schools. You will learn how to guide school administrators and leaders toward a deeper understanding of these six critical standards:

• Teach a well-crafted, focused, valid, and clear curriculum
• Provide assessments with the curriculum
• Align program and instructional resources with the curriculum
• Use a mastery learning approach and effective teaching strategies
• Establish curriculum expectations, monitoring, and accountability
• Institute effective district and school planning, staff development, and resource allocation to create a quality learning environment

50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides:

• The third edition of the companion book 50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap, offering research-based strategies for increasing achievement and fostering educational equity for all students
• A 191-minute, content-rich DVD, with an easy stop-and-search navigation menu, and featuring expert interviews with the authors, school leaders, and administrators who have applied the strategies in their schools
• A step-by-step facilitator's guide connecting the book to the DVD and providing chapter summaries, discussion questions, application activities, and handouts
• A companion CD-ROM supplying PowerPoint slides and a digital copy of the entire facilitator’s guide

An ideal professional development resource to use with large or small groups, this multimedia kit for the third edition of 50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap is essential for anyone leading seminars focused on providing equal educational opportunities for all learners.