Writing the Playbook

Your game plan for getting boys on the path to higher achievementYou've seen it in your school: boys struggling to master basic literacy skills, sitting outside the principal's office, collecting labels like "e;hyperactive,"e; getting failing grades. Checked out, kicked out, or dropped out, they're benched when they should be scoring goals on the academic playing field.As a school leader, Kelley King has walked the talk: she successfully led her own staff to close the gender gap in reading and writing in just one year. In her step-by-step, research-based leadership plan for jump-starting boys' achievement, she shares: Critical insight into the brain-based differences between boys and girlsFirst-hand leadership and classroom experiencesReady-to-use activities and resources for leading a successful gap-closing initiativeWith tips, anecdotes, and more, Writing the Playbook provides educators in all roles with a blueprint for creating schools where boys (and girls!) thrive."e;Finally, some practical advice from an experienced educator on how to make boys into successful students. King's credentials-mother of both a son and daughter as well as a principal who successfully addressed gender gaps at her school-are unbeatable."e;-Richard Whitmire, Author of Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind"e;Kelley King is both impassioned and level-headed, and she starts a conversation that we desperately need to have in our country."e;-Michael Kimmel, Author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become MenSUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology"e;This is a highly practical and highly relevant book. Two thumbs up!"e;-Eric Jensen, Author of Teaching with the Brain in Mind