TY - BOOK AU - Schmoker, Michael J. TI - Results now: how we can achieve unprecedented improvements in te aching and learning SN - 1416603581 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 371.2/03 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Alexandria, Va. PB - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Deve lopment KW - School improvement programs KW - Educational change KW - United States KW - Education KW - Aims and objectives N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index; Introduction: The Brutal Facts About Instruction and Its Supervision -- I. Reality and Illusion in Public Schools -- 1. The Buffer -- 2. Is olation: The Enemy of Improvement -- 3. Leadership Interrupted: How the Buffer Compromises Supervision -- 4. Curricular Chaos -- II. Literacy Education: The Greatest Opportunity of All -- 5. The Power of Authentic Literacy -- 6. Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development -- 7. T he Startling State of Literacy Education -- III. Learning and Leading i n the Professional Learning Community -- 8. Professional Learning Commu nities: The Surest, Fastest Path to Instructional Improvement -- 9. Lea dership in the Professional Learning Community -- 10. Scaling Up: Centr al Office and State-Level Leadership in the Learning Community -- Concl usion. Why Not Us? Why Not Now? -- Appendix A: Suggestions for Teaching Critical and Argumentative Literacy -- Appendix B: Start Here for Impr oving Teaching -- Appendix C: Agreements ER -