Eva Moskowitz & Arin Lavinia Reveal the Secrets of Their Success
New Book: Mission Possible Provides Strategies for Making the Schools We Need that Work for All Kids
Eva Moskowitz (the founder and CEO of the Success Charter Network in
Harlem) and Arin Lavinia offer practical, classroom-tested ideas for
dramatically improving teaching and learning in Mission Possible: How
the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School, Enhanced
Edition (Jossey-Bass, July 2012, ISBN: 978-1-118-16728-1,
$27.95/Cloth/e-book).
Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter school in the middle of
Harlem, enrolling neighborhood children selected at random, emerged as
one of the top schools in New York City and State within three years.
The results of the Harlem school were on a par with public schools for
gifted students and elite private schools.
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Describes what can be accomplished when students and adults all work
to focus on constant learning and performance improvement; DVD clips
are included for illustration
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Details the Success Academies' THINK Literacy curriculum, which
produces dramatic results in kids reading and writing skills
In addition to providing strategies and lessons for school leaders and
teachers, Secrets of the Success Academies also serves as a
guide for parents, policymakers, and practitioners who are passionate
about closing the academic achievement gap.
This book shows how the Success Academies and other charters have
energized teachers and empowered parents and it dispels the myths that
children growing up in poverty cannot learn and that the achievement gap
is unbridgeable.
