Scholar and activist on issues related to urban schools and educational equity, Robert L. Green draws on research and his own extensive work experience in urban districts across the United States to present a convincing case for the pivotal role of high expectations in student achievement. The book documents the ways in which high expectations, exemplary instruction, and student success are inextricably linked, and in the process, it also provides the following: Stirring case studies that demonstrate what's possible for all learners, particularly diverse urban youth, when teachers connect high expectations with curricular innovations and exemplary instruction. What's needed to establish high expectations and set clear standards of attainable academic and behavioral performance-and to hold students to them. And overview of technological innovations that are expanding our capacity to teach and learn. Strategies to bring together the pivotal people in a student's life, including family members, social workers, school psychologists, mentors, and extended-learning instructors, whose impact is even greater when united around clear and high expectations. Expect the Most-Provide the Best makes it clear: All students are most likely to succeed when administrators, teachers, mentors, and parents communicate that they expect stellar results and then provide the best instructional support possible. Book jacket.