Designing School Systems for All Students: A Toolbox to Fix America's Schools

Manley (educational administration, leadership, and technology, Dowling College) and Hawkins, a former assistant superintendent and superintendent who teaches at Dowling College, offer a guide for educators and administrators that details specific strategies for creating a school system that makes it possible for all children to master the curriculum. They provide examples for school leaders to use to develop curriculum, supervise instruction, assess and make interventions for success, develop a vision and a mission statement, motivate students, and incorporate character education, and detail the roles and responsibilities of governing boards and administrators. There is no index. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Manley, professor of educational administration at Dowling College, has served in a variety of administrative positions, including assistant principal at Babylon Junior/Senior High School, principal at Plainedge, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and superintendent of schools in West Babylon, New York. He also served as president of the board of directors for the Suffolk County Library System and the Suffolk County Organization to Promote Education. Rich Hawkins spent eight years as assistant superintendent and twelve as superintendent with the William Floyd School District. Under his leadership, the district has experienced marked growth in student enrollments, increased student achievement, a rebuilding of the district's infrastructure, as well as numerous other systemic changes designed to make students, their school environs, their local community, and faculty and staff successful .