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A Step-by-Step Guide to School Turnaround describes how to turn around a failing school. The authors have had remarkable success in turning around numerous low performing schools, and they use their extensive knowledge of "what works" to lay out clear expectations for instruction, assessment, data collection analysis, and provision of additional support for struggling students. Using their easy-to-implement Six Step Process for Increasing Reading and Math Performance, educators will have the resource needed to structure the school turnaround process to signifi
Yolanda’s Genius, a Newbery Honor winner, is the story of an African-American family’s love and courage in difficult times. Yolanda is smart, tough, and big for her age. Her brother, Andrew, doesn’t talk much and has trouble reading. But Andrew can create beautiful music on his harmonica. Yolanda wonders if her brother is a musical genius. Can his talent be developed and shared with other people? One day some boys destroy the harmonica – and Andrew’s music stops. Soon Yolanda must make an important decision: whether to try to find another harmonica for Andrew, or to obey her mother