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Mission Possible: How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School

ISBN: 978-1-118-16728-1
176 pages
July 2012, Jossey-Bass
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July 19, 2012
San Francisco, CA

Mission Possible: How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School, Enhanced Edition

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

San Francisco, CA - 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.

  • 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
  • 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.