Evaluation of Professional Development in an Urban High School

Summary

Despite ongoing professional development for urban educators, many inner-city school students are still not performing on high levels or even grade level. This book is a practical guide to helping educators understand the innate difficulties of transferring expertise from the experts, through the teachers, and into the students in a meaningful way that demonstrates student learning. Evaluation of Professional Development in an Urban High School reviews the current literature on the characteristics of effective schools, a myriad of different professional development models and their impact, as well as adult learning and online learning. This well-researched and highly regarded academia book closes with the implications of our modern-day educational practices and offers well-thought-out recommendations to improve teaching and learning in our urban high schools through evaluating professional development.

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