Real Leaders, Real Schools
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Author_Gerald C. Leader
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educational leadership
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improvements in student achievement
No Child Left Behind
school management and organization
school supervision
school transformation
urban schools
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- ISBN 9781891792960
- Weight: 358g
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2008
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Real Leaders, Real Schools tells the stories of five urban public school principals who led their schools through profound and transformative changes. In each of these cases, their efforts resulted in dramatic improvements in student achievement—improvements that occurred within the current environment of high-stakes tests. The revealing and often gripping narratives that form the heart of this remarkable book offer unprecedented insights into the meaning and practice of effective school leadership. The stories themselves are often inspiring but they are never idealized. All of these principals met with frustrations as well as successes, setbacks as well as breakthroughs. All regularly reassessed their policies and practices, and all acknowledged—and learned from—their errors along the way. Yet all believed in their staffs and their students, and all found innovative ways to transform and improve their schools. These are true stories of successful leadership against enormous odds. They provide countless lessons for today’s school leaders and all who are committed to education reform.
Gerald C. Leader is Professor Emeritus at Boston University. Amy F. Stern is on staff at the Edward Everett Elementary School in Boston.
