No challenge left behind [[electronic resource] ] : transforming American education through heart and soul / / Paul D. Houston ; foreword by Terrence E. Deal
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No challenge left behind [[electronic resource] ] : transforming American education through heart and soul / / Paul D. Houston ; foreword by Terrence E. Deal
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, CA, : Corwin Press |
| [s.l.], : American Association of School Administrators, c2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.13 |
| Soggetto topico: | School management and organization - United States |
| Educational leadership - United States | |
| Educational change - United States | |
| Note generali: | "A joint publication with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA)." |
| Includes index. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Section I - The Building Blocks of Leadership; Chapter 1 - So? . . . But Not So What!; Chapter 2 - Finding Our Voice; Chapter 3 - Breaking Away; Chapter 4 - Risking Our Significance; Chapter 5 - Daily Blessings; Chapter 6 - Living in a Jerry Springer World; Chapter 7 - The Samurai Superintendent; Chapter 8 - The Axis of Evil; Chapter 9 - On Becoming a Hope Pusher; Chapter 10 - A View From the Top; Chapter 11 - Life's Lessons From My Dog Holly; Section II - New Role: Superintendent of Education |
| Chapter 12 - Getting It RightChapter 13 - Revenge of the Blob; Chpater 14 - Nearly Famous; Chpater 15 - A Critical Position in Critical Condition; Chapter 16 - On the Penguin March Through Life; Chapter 17 - Who You Gonna Call?; Chapter 18 - Building Fields of Dreams; Chapter 19 - To Lead My Trek, I Pick Scotty; Section III - Transforming Public Education: Challenges and Solutions; Chapter 20 - Lessons From Room 411; Chapter 21 - Burning Thoughts on a Snowy Day; Chapter 22 - The Seven Deadly Sins of No Child Left Behind; Chapter 23 - Authentic Accountability | |
| Chapter 24 - Barking Up the Right TreeChapter 25 - Intelligent Redesign: Reframing the Discussion on High School Reform; Chapter 26 - Einstein's Brain; Chapter 27 - Advancing System Leadership; Chapter 28 - Making Great Time on a Lost Highway; Chapter 29 - Diverse Learners; Chapter 30 - Butchers or Tailors?; Chapter 31 - The Bigotry of Expectations; Chapter 32 - Running Schools Like Business; Chapter 33 - NCLB: Dreams and Nightmares; Section IV - Lessons From the Road; Chapter 34 - Bagpipes and a Spot of Grace; Chapter 35 - Finding the Right Words; Chapter 36 - Snow Blind | |
| Chapter 37 - Is Possible?Chapter 38 - A Pint of Good Sense; Chapter 39 - The Road to Hana; Chapter 40 - Water and Ice; Chapter 41 - Seeing the Forest and the Trees; Chapter 42 - Ode to Joy; Chapter 43 - Negotiating the Past and the Future; Chapter 44 - The Fantasy and Flow of Vietnam; Chapter 45 - A Worthy Import From Singapore; Chapter 46 - Digging My Way to China; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This provocative book offers insights on public education in a landscape of global competition, the economic gulf between social classes, the explosion of information, and competing expectations. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | No challenge left behind |
| ISBN: | 1-4522-8063-0 |
| 1-4129-6861-5 | |
| 1-4522-1615-0 | |
| 1-4416-5406-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791233803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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