Description: From Silos to Systems provides specific application steps for engaging all staff in a systematic approach to dealing with the various causes of school-wide problems.
Brief description: Sally Kilgore is president and CEO of Modern Red SchoolHouse Institute. Her work has appeared in Education Leadership, Harvard Education Review, and American Sociological Review. In the early 1980s, she coauthored High School Achievement with Thomas Hoffer and the noted scholar, James S. Coleman. She has served on the editorial boards of the American Education Research Journal, Sociology of Education, and Review of Research in Education. In the 1980s, she served as the director of the office of research (OERI) for the U.S. Department of Education. During the 1990s, she served on the advisory board for the National Center for Education Statistics. She served on the faculties of Emory University, University of Cincinnati, and Huston-Tillotson College and as an adjunct at Vanderbilt's Peabody School of Education.
Review Quotes: "The authors′ work experience in over 400 low performing schools provides a platform to develop a successful working model to improve schools."--Randel Beaver, Superintendent (6/29/2010 12:00:00 AM)