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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819879503321

Autore

Forner Mark <1961->

Titolo

Hardball leadership : how to achieve student academic success in a rural school district / / Mark Forner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4758-2162-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

370.9173/4

Soggetti

Education, Rural - United States

School supervision, Rural - United States

Rural schools - United States - Administration

Educational leadership - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Small District Leadership Is a Whole Lot Different From Big District Leadership; 2 But in Some Ways Small District and Big District Leadership Are the Same; 3 Context; 4 Priorities; 5 Strategy; 6 Practices; 7 Finance; 8 Partnership; 9 Conflict; 10 Legacy; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation's rural communities is actually higher than it is in our country's urban centers. Hardball Leadership is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based upon original res