Bloomsbury Home
Adventures of Charter School Creators
Leading from the Ground Up
Adventures of Charter School Creators
Leading from the Ground Up
This product is usually dispatched within 3 days
- Delivery and returns info
-
Free CA delivery on orders $40 or over
Description
Adventures of Charter School Creators takes the reader inside the world of individual educational entrepreneurs who have created charter schools from scratch and lived to tell about it. Drawn from examples across the country, individuals (and a few teams) tell their stories of the victories they enjoyed and the defeats they overcame to create their schools. They include an Episcopal priest working in the Pico-Union community of Los Angeles, a corporate attorney in Miami, a manpower training specialist in East Saint Louis, the chief financial officer of a major African American church in New York City, a retired military officer in North Carolina, as well as experienced school teachers and administrators. From these stories Deal and Hentschke extract and examine the issues of school leadership that are peculiar to those school leaders who have chosen to create schools from scratch. This book: Examines entrepreneurial leadership as a concrete manifestation of school leadership. Sheds light on the concrete differences between leadership in relatively autonomous start-up charters and the relatively dependent traditional schools. Anchors charter school leadership within the context of general (non-education) leadership and distinguishes it from what is typically associated with school leadership today. It describes: The general forces in society which are pushing public K-12 education into market-based initiatives. The general leadership issues of any break-away or start-up enterprise. Will be of interest to all educators.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 PART I: A BIRD'S EYE VIEW
Chapter 4 1. New Issues in an Old Industry
Chapter 5 2. Muddling through Enduring Issues
Part 6 PART II: A WORM'S EYE VIEW
Chapter 7 3. Guarding the Mission
Chapter 8 4. Growing Grass Roots
Chapter 9 5. New Kids on the Block
Chapter 10 6. A Company School
Chapter 11 7. Clawing Your Way
Chapter 12 8. A Fast Track in Harlem
Chapter 13 9. A District School
Chapter 14 10. Building on the Dream
Chapter 15 11. The Phoenix
Chapter 16 12. Planting Life Practices
Chapter 17 13. Owning Wobegon
Chapter 18 14. No Cats
Chapter 19 15. Darkness Before Dawn
Part 20 PART III: A FUTURE VIEW
Chapter 21 16. A Call for Leaders of New Jobs
Part 22 References
Part 23 Index
Part 24 About the Authors and Contributors
Product details
| Published | Oct 07 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9781578861668 |
| Imprint | R&L Education |
| Dimensions | 228 x 154 mm |
| Series | Leading Systemic School Improvement |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Reviews
Related Titles
