Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms

Joseph F. Murphy - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Amanda Datnow - University of California, San Diego, USA
Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms
October 2002 | 304 pages | Corwin
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"Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reform addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process. This volume shows how much we've learned about how leaders shape comprehensive reform and how the reform process must shape leadership."
Robert Slavin, Co-Director
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
Johns Hopkins University

"This volume provides the most thorough, balanced, and informative source available on comprehensive school reform. In addition to insights regarding implementation of many of the most prominent CSR models, the book is a primer on 'distributed leadership,' providing perspectives on the interplay of principals, teacher leaders, central office administrators and model developers engaged in school and district reform."
James Lytle, Superintendent
Trenton, New Jersey Public Schools

"This book offers well-grounded insights about the leadership practices of educators involved in the implementation of Comprehensive School Reform models. Leaders and leadership scholars will find it a rewarding read. I recommend it highly."
Kenneth Leithwood
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ontario, Canada

Discover what we've learned about educational leadership from comprehensive school reforms models—straight from the experts and insiders!

Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) is proving to be one of the most promising avenues for improving student achievement. The authors have found that leadership is frequently acknowledged to be a prime factor in the successful implementation of comprehensive school reform. Murphy and Datnow have gathered together a group of CSR insiders and researchers to examine the issue of leadership in CSR for the first time.

Contributors and CSR models include:

  • Expeditionary Learning Schools
  • Modern Red Schoolhouse
  • Co-Nect
  • Success for All
  • New American Schools
  • Chicago Annenberg Challenge
  • Bay Area School Reform Collaborative
  • Accelerated Schools
  • Coalition of Essential Schools
  • Comer School Development Process

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Preface

Preface

Part I: Setting the Stage

  • 1. The Development of Comprehensive School Reform

Part II: New American Schools Designs

  • 2. Expeditionary Learning Schools: Tenacity, Leadership and School Reform
  • 3. The Modern Red Schoolhouse: Leadership in Comprehensive School Reform Initiatives
  • 4. Co-nect: Purpose, Accountability, and School Leadership
  • 5. The Accelerated Schools Project: Can a Leader Change the Culture and Embed Reform?
  • 6. New American Schools: District and School Leadership for Whole-School Reform

Part III: Annenberg Challenge Initiatives

  • 7. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Lessons on Leadership for School Development
  • 8. The Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: Building the Capacity to Lead

Part IV: Other National Comprehensive School Reform Designs

  • 9. Success for All: District and School Leadership
  • 10. The Coalition of Essential Schools: Leadership for Putting the Common Principles into Practice
  • 11. The Comer School Development Process: Developing Leadership in Urban Schools

Part V: Conclusion

  • 12. Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reform Designs
  • Index

Description

"Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reform addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process. This volume shows how much we've learned about how leaders shape comprehensive reform and how the reform process must shape leadership."
Robert Slavin, Co-Director
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
Johns Hopkins University

"This volume provides the most thorough, balanced, and informative source available on comprehensive school reform. In addition to insights regarding implementation of many of the most prominent CSR models, the book is a primer on 'distributed leadership,' providing perspectives on the interplay of principals, teacher leaders, central office administrators and model developers engaged in school and district reform."
James Lytle, Superintendent
Trenton, New Jersey Public Schools

"This book offers well-grounded insights about the leadership practices of educators involved in the implementation of Comprehensive School Reform models. Leaders and leadership scholars will find it a rewarding read. I recommend it highly."
Kenneth Leithwood
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ontario, Canada

Discover what we've learned about educational leadership from comprehensive school reforms models—straight from the experts and insiders!

Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) is proving to be one of the most promising avenues for improving student achievement. The authors have found that leadership is frequently acknowledged to be a prime factor in the successful implementation of comprehensive school reform. Murphy and Datnow have gathered together a group of CSR insiders and researchers to examine the issue of leadership in CSR for the first time.

Contributors and CSR models include:

  • Expeditionary Learning Schools
  • Modern Red Schoolhouse
  • Co-Nect
  • Success for All
  • New American Schools
  • Chicago Annenberg Challenge
  • Bay Area School Reform Collaborative
  • Accelerated Schools
  • Coalition of Essential Schools
  • Comer School Development Process

Contents

About the Editors

About the Editors

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Preface

Preface

Part I: Setting the Stage

  • 1. The Development of Comprehensive School Reform

Part II: New American Schools Designs

  • 2. Expeditionary Learning Schools: Tenacity, Leadership and School Reform
  • 3. The Modern Red Schoolhouse: Leadership in Comprehensive School Reform Initiatives
  • 4. Co-nect: Purpose, Accountability, and School Leadership
  • 5. The Accelerated Schools Project: Can a Leader Change the Culture and Embed Reform?
  • 6. New American Schools: District and School Leadership for Whole-School Reform

Part III: Annenberg Challenge Initiatives

  • 7. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Lessons on Leadership for School Development
  • 8. The Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: Building the Capacity to Lead

Part IV: Other National Comprehensive School Reform Designs

  • 9. Success for All: District and School Leadership
  • 10. The Coalition of Essential Schools: Leadership for Putting the Common Principles into Practice
  • 11. The Comer School Development Process: Developing Leadership in Urban Schools

Part V: Conclusion

  • 12. Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reform Designs
  • Index
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Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms

Joseph F. Murphy , Amanda Datnow
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"Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reform addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process. This volume shows how much we've learned about how leaders shape comprehensive reform and how the reform process must shape leadership."
Robert Slavin, Co-Director
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
Johns Hopkins University

"This volume provides the most thorough, balanced, and informative source available on comprehensive school reform. In addition to insights regarding implementation of many of the most prominent CSR models, the book is a primer on 'distributed leadership,' providing perspectives on the interplay of principals, teacher leaders, central office administrators and model developers engaged in school and district reform."
James Lytle, Superintendent
Trenton, New Jersey Public Schools

"This book offers well-grounded insights about the leadership practices of educators involved in the implementation of Comprehensive School Reform models. Leaders and leadership scholars will find it a rewarding read. I recommend it highly."
Kenneth Leithwood
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ontario, Canada

Discover what we've learned about educational leadership from comprehensive school reforms models—straight from the experts and insiders!

Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) is proving to be one of the most promising avenues for improving student achievement. The authors have found that leadership is frequently acknowledged to be a prime factor in the successful implementation of comprehensive school reform. Murphy and Datnow have gathered together a group of CSR insiders and researchers to examine the issue of leadership in CSR for the first time.

Contributors and CSR models include:

  • Expeditionary Learning Schools
  • Modern Red Schoolhouse
  • Co-Nect
  • Success for All
  • New American Schools
  • Chicago Annenberg Challenge
  • Bay Area School Reform Collaborative
  • Accelerated Schools
  • Coalition of Essential Schools
  • Comer School Development Process

Table Of Contents:

  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part I: Setting the Stage
  • 1. The Development of Comprehensive School Reform
  • Part II: New American Schools Designs
  • 2. Expeditionary Learning Schools: Tenacity, Leadership and School Reform
  • 3. The Modern Red Schoolhouse: Leadership in Comprehensive School Reform Initiatives
  • 4. Co-nect: Purpose, Accountability, and School Leadership
  • 5. The Accelerated Schools Project: Can a Leader Change the Culture and Embed Reform?
  • 6. New American Schools: District and School Leadership for Whole-School Reform
  • Part III: Annenberg Challenge Initiatives
  • 7. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Lessons on Leadership for School Development
  • 8. The Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: Building the Capacity to Lead
  • Part IV: Other National Comprehensive School Reform Designs
  • 9. Success for All: District and School Leadership
  • 10. The Coalition of Essential Schools: Leadership for Putting the Common Principles into Practice
  • 11. The Comer School Development Process: Developing Leadership in Urban Schools
  • Part V: Conclusion
  • 12. Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reform Designs
  • Index

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"Leadership Lessons From Comprehensive School Reforms addresses a topic that has received far too little attention in the comprehensive school reform movement: the role of school and district leaders in the reform process. This volume shows how much we’ve learned about how leaders shape comprehensive reform and how the reform process must shape leadership."
Robert Slavin, Co-Director, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, Johns Hopkins University
"This volume provides the most thorough, balanced, and informative source available on comprehensive school reform. In addition to insights regarding implementation of many of the most prominent CSR models, the book is a primer on ‘distributed leadership,’ providing perspectives on the interplay of principals, teacher leaders, central office administrators and model developers engaged in school and district reform."
James Lytle, Superintendent, Trenton, New Jersey Public Schools
"This book offers well-grounded insights about the leadership practices of >educateeducators involved in the implementation of Comprehensive School >Reform models. Leaders and leadership scholars >will find it a rewarding read. I recommend it highly."
Kenneth Leithwood, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Ontario, Canada
"Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms provides a blend of scholarly thought and practical anecdotes on the role of leadership in school reform. Each chapter stands alone as a powerful example of the vision, planning, and commitment of the reform effort."
The School Administrator, October 2004

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