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

By:

Forner, Mark E, 1961- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781475821628
147582162X

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hardball leadership.DDC classification:

370.9173/4 23

LOC classification:

LC5146.5

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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