Improving the culture for struggling students. "What about test scores?" : from a testing to a learning culture ; "What do you mean, build relationships? My job is to teach history" : relationships are as important as content ; "What's community got to do with learning?" : intentional learning communities foster learning ; "So, what about discipline?" : how principles govern a school better than rules ; "What's democratic about schools?" : a democratic school helps students learn
Improving curriculum, instruction, and assessment for struggling students. "What about standards?" : developing curriculum according to the right standards ; "How do you get them to learn?" : innovative instructional strategies help students learn ; "How do you know they've learned?" : learning from assessing learning ; Conclusion : the importance of looking at the student as a whole person.
