Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning

Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning

<p>Bestselling author Mike Schmoker describes a plan for radically improving student learning that is built on three core elements: a focused and coherent curriculum (what we teach); clear, prioritized lessons (how we teach); and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy. </p><p>With this "less is more" philosophy, educators can help students learn content at a deeper level, develop greater critical thinking skills, and discover more clearly how content-area concepts affect their lives and the world around them. Both a call to action and a blueprint for creating more effective classrooms, <i>Focus: Elevating the Essentials for Radically Improved Student Learning</i> will challenge your assumptions about schooling and show how educators who have embraced this approach quickly achieved spectacular results.</p>