In Leading with Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and Distric... best-selling ASCD author Mike Schmoker builds on the three core elements described in his 2011 book Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning to show administrators, principals, and other education leaders how to apply his model to the work of running schools and districts. The three core elements are: a focused and coherent curriculum; clear, structured lessons; and purposeful reading and writing, or authentic literacy. In this new book, Schmoker offers

• An overview of the case for simple, focused school and district leadership.
• Examples of real schools and districts that have embraced focused leadership.
• A practical, flexible, and easy-to-follow implementation guide.

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All students deserve to learn in schools where educators eschew distractions and superfluous activities to concentrate on what's most important. To that end,Leading with Focus is an essential resource for leaders ready to streamline their practice and focus their efforts on radically improving student learning.