Improving Student Learning When Budgets Are Tight

<p><strong><em>A how-to manual for achieving excellence despite budget cuts</em></strong></p><p>This book offers a comprehensive framework to enhance student achievement in good times and in bad. The author provides a school improvement action plan and then shows how to target resources to implement that plan. More than just a “theory” book this text describes concrete specific actions that can be taken immediately. Key strategies include:</p><ul> <li>Using data to support boosting student performance</li> <li>Focusing on effective instruction</li> <li>Setting goals to drive resource allocation priorities</li> <li>Setting priorities for situations that require budget cuts</li> <li>Hiring top teachers and providing ongoing professional development</li> <li>Providing needed technology resources</li></ul>