Cracking the Code of Education Reform
Creative Compliance and Ethical Leadership
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Christopher H. Tienken
- Seton Hall University, Associate Professor
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Lead between the lines— evaluate Ed policies to emphasize the positives and minimize the negatives
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Contents
Foreword by Joshua Starr
Foreword by Joshua Starr
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- INTRODUCTION
- Creatively Comply!
- Reform Defined
- Purposes
- Audience
- Framing the Issues
- Organization of the Book
- Features of the Book
- Why I Wrote This Book
Part I. Reform Critique
- CHAPTER 1. ETHICAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION REFORM AND COMPLIANCE
- Reform
- Ethics Within the Context of Education Reform
- The Ethical Dilemma
- Ethical Responsibility
- Leadership Take-Away: Ethics
- CHAPTER 2. CREATIVE COMPLIANCE
- Creative Leadership Pathways
- Seven Creative Compliance Strategies
- Compliance Entrepreneur
- Failure Is an Option
- Leadership Take-Away: Creative Compliance
- CHAPTER 3. REFRAMING REFORM
- Reframe It!
- Framing Reform
- A Framework for Critique
- Ethical Evidence
- Now What? and Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Framing Reform
Part II. Reform Case Studies
- CHAPTER 4. CASE STUDY 1: REFRAMING RIGOR
- Origins of Rigor
- What Is Rigor?
- Redefining Rigor
- Complexity Versus Difficulty
- Goldilocks View of Rigor
- Complex Curriculum Standards
- Rigor in the Context of Democracy
- Functional Fixedness and Knowledge Reproduction
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Rigor
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance and Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Rigor
- CHAPTER 5. CASE STUDY 2: USING OR ABUSING STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS?
- Large-Scale Use
- Three-Legged Stool of Validity
- Standards of Testing
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Assessment Use
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Testing Use
- CHAPTER 6. CASE STUDY 3: MERIT PAY
- Money for Merit
- Theoretical Frameworks for Merit Pay
- Previous Experience With Merit Pay in Education
- Profit Over People
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Merit Pay
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Merit Pay
Part III. Promising Practices
- CHAPTER 7. CASE STUDY 4: RECESS OF THE MIND
- Walking in Their Shoes
- Options for Recess of the Mind
- Move It!
- Recess of the Mind at Work
- S.W.A.G
- Mindfulness in Nanuet
- Well-Being in White Plains
- Charting a Course in Pennsylvania
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Recess of the Mind
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Recess of the Mind
- CHAPTER 8. CASE STUDY 5: PROBLEM- AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
- Importance of Active Learning
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of PBL
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: PBL
- CHAPTER 9. FINAL ISSUES
- Spencer Returns
- Top 10
- Crack the Code and Act!
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Lead between the lines— evaluate Ed policies to emphasize the positives and minimize the negatives
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Contents
Foreword by Joshua Starr
Foreword by Joshua Starr
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
- INTRODUCTION
- Creatively Comply!
- Reform Defined
- Purposes
- Audience
- Framing the Issues
- Organization of the Book
- Features of the Book
- Why I Wrote This Book
Part I. Reform Critique
- CHAPTER 1. ETHICAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION REFORM AND COMPLIANCE
- Reform
- Ethics Within the Context of Education Reform
- The Ethical Dilemma
- Ethical Responsibility
- Leadership Take-Away: Ethics
- CHAPTER 2. CREATIVE COMPLIANCE
- Creative Leadership Pathways
- Seven Creative Compliance Strategies
- Compliance Entrepreneur
- Failure Is an Option
- Leadership Take-Away: Creative Compliance
- CHAPTER 3. REFRAMING REFORM
- Reframe It!
- Framing Reform
- A Framework for Critique
- Ethical Evidence
- Now What? and Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Framing Reform
Part II. Reform Case Studies
- CHAPTER 4. CASE STUDY 1: REFRAMING RIGOR
- Origins of Rigor
- What Is Rigor?
- Redefining Rigor
- Complexity Versus Difficulty
- Goldilocks View of Rigor
- Complex Curriculum Standards
- Rigor in the Context of Democracy
- Functional Fixedness and Knowledge Reproduction
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Rigor
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance and Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Rigor
- CHAPTER 5. CASE STUDY 2: USING OR ABUSING STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS?
- Large-Scale Use
- Three-Legged Stool of Validity
- Standards of Testing
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Assessment Use
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Testing Use
- CHAPTER 6. CASE STUDY 3: MERIT PAY
- Money for Merit
- Theoretical Frameworks for Merit Pay
- Previous Experience With Merit Pay in Education
- Profit Over People
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Merit Pay
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Merit Pay
Part III. Promising Practices
- CHAPTER 7. CASE STUDY 4: RECESS OF THE MIND
- Walking in Their Shoes
- Options for Recess of the Mind
- Move It!
- Recess of the Mind at Work
- S.W.A.G
- Mindfulness in Nanuet
- Well-Being in White Plains
- Charting a Course in Pennsylvania
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Recess of the Mind
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Recess of the Mind
- CHAPTER 8. CASE STUDY 5: PROBLEM- AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
- Importance of Active Learning
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of PBL
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: PBL
- CHAPTER 9. FINAL ISSUES
- Spencer Returns
- Top 10
- Crack the Code and Act!
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Cracking the Code of Education Reform
Creative Compliance and Ethical Leadership
August 2019 | 176 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/04/2023 | 9781544368214 | $39.95 |
| Lifetime | 28/04/2023 | 9781544368238 | $36.00 |
Lead between the lines— evaluate Ed policies to emphasize the positives and minimize the negatives
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the best outcomes for students.
Christopher Tienken, professor and international speaker, shares his insights on how to identify both positive and negative aspects of education reform to maximize the benefits for students. This book introduces a practical framework for interpreting educational reform within an evidence-based practice, and provides thoughtful ways to finesse results out of challenging policies. Designed for use on the ground level, this book features:
• Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success
• Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action
• Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application
• Ethical decision-making checklist
Analyzing both successful and unsuccessful reform ideas from the past, this book champions creative compliance and how to lead innovatively/judiciously.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by Joshua Starr
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- INTRODUCTION
- Creatively Comply!
- Reform Defined
- Purposes
- Audience
- Framing the Issues
- Organization of the Book
- Features of the Book
- Why I Wrote This Book
- Part I. Reform Critique
- CHAPTER 1. ETHICAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION REFORM AND COMPLIANCE
- Reform
- Ethics Within the Context of Education Reform
- The Ethical Dilemma
- Ethical Responsibility
- Leadership Take-Away: Ethics
- CHAPTER 2. CREATIVE COMPLIANCE
- Creative Leadership Pathways
- Seven Creative Compliance Strategies
- Compliance Entrepreneur
- Failure Is an Option
- Leadership Take-Away: Creative Compliance
- CHAPTER 3. REFRAMING REFORM
- Reframe It!
- Framing Reform
- A Framework for Critique
- Ethical Evidence
- Now What? and Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Framing Reform
- Part II. Reform Case Studies
- CHAPTER 4. CASE STUDY 1: REFRAMING RIGOR
- Origins of Rigor
- What Is Rigor?
- Redefining Rigor
- Complexity Versus Difficulty
- Goldilocks View of Rigor
- Complex Curriculum Standards
- Rigor in the Context of Democracy
- Functional Fixedness and Knowledge Reproduction
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Rigor
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance and Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Rigor
- CHAPTER 5. CASE STUDY 2: USING OR ABUSING STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS?
- Large-Scale Use
- Three-Legged Stool of Validity
- Standards of Testing
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Assessment Use
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Testing Use
- CHAPTER 6. CASE STUDY 3: MERIT PAY
- Money for Merit
- Theoretical Frameworks for Merit Pay
- Previous Experience With Merit Pay in Education
- Profit Over People
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Merit Pay
- Ethical Considerations
- Creative Compliance: Now What?
- Leadership Take-Away: Merit Pay
- Part III. Promising Practices
- CHAPTER 7. CASE STUDY 4: RECESS OF THE MIND
- Walking in Their Shoes
- Options for Recess of the Mind
- Move It!
- Recess of the Mind at Work
- S.W.A.G
- Mindfulness in Nanuet
- Well-Being in White Plains
- Charting a Course in Pennsylvania
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of Recess of the Mind
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: Recess of the Mind
- CHAPTER 8. CASE STUDY 5: PROBLEM- AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
- Importance of Active Learning
- So What? Understanding the Big Picture of PBL
- Creative Compliance
- Leadership Take-Away: PBL
- CHAPTER 9. FINAL ISSUES
- Spencer Returns
- Top 10
- Crack the Code and Act!
- References
- Index
Recent Product Reviews:
This text tackles the challenges of critiquing education reform, encouraging readers to consider how best to engage with this. Broken into manageable sections and written in a thoughtful manner with reference to research and theory, it offers a helpful insight to its topic. It is well-suited to a postgraduate or professional readership.
Dr Louise Campbell, School of Education & Social Work, Dundee University
In Cracking the Code of Education Reform Creative Compliance and Ethical Leadership Chris Tienken offers the reader an action plan for how to stay true to core values and ethics and still implement education reform on behalf of all students. Even in the era of “accountability” Tienken reminds us all that the student, not any test or reform is our “why” as educational leaders. Throughout the book, the “Try This” features offer in the moment professional learning opportunities. This is a must read for anyone interested in education!
Michael Lubelfeld, EdD, Author & Public School Superintendent, North Shore School District 112, Illinois