Book
I got schooled : the unlikely story of how a moonlighting movie maker learned the five keys to closing America's education gap
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Physical Description
xi, 306 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"Famed director M. Night Shyamalan tells how his passion for education reform led him to the five indispensable keys to educational success in America's high-performing schools in impoverished neighborhoods"--
Contents
- The gap. As John Adams said-- ; I'm not a doctor, but I watch a lot of House, M.D. ; Why isn't that on the list?
- The five keys. Mr. Brodinsky, please see the principal-- and bring your suitcase ; Making Clark Kent into Superman ; You had me at "data" ; That's right, I said it. Small schools ; Danny, see me after school-- and before-- and over the summer
- Conclusion. Something else John Adams said
- -- Appendix A. Fifty schools that are closing America's achievement gap
- Appendix B. A short note on statistical significance, standard deviation, and effect size.