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"My shelves are overflowing with books about leadership and education. This one I will keep close by. Any time I begin to doubt the difference schools and leaders can make, I will pick it up, turn to a story and remind myself of why I became an educator."-From the Foreword by Terrence E. DealA collection of influential and insightful articles on educational leadership! In this resource, retiring executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, former superintendent, and best-selling author Paul D. Houston examines the growing complexity of the educational process and the challenge of transforming learning into an engaging, meaningful-and even joyful-experience. Houston offers an enlightening perspective on global competition, the widening gulf between those who have and those who don't, the explosion of information, and a landscape of competing expectations. This provocative book on the "soul work" of education covers:Building Blocks of LeadershipTransforming Public Education: Challenges and SolutionsSuperintendent of Learning and EducationLessons From the Road
Contents
Foreword by Terrence E. DealIntroductionAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. The Building Blocks of LeadershipSo?...But Not So What!Finding Our VoiceBreaking AwayRisking Our SignificanceDaily BlessingsLiving in a Jerry Springer WorldThe Samurai SuperintendentThe Axis of EvilOn Becoming a Hope PusherA View From the TopLife's Lessons From My Dog Holly2. New Role: Superintendent of EducationGetting It RightRevenge of the BlobNearly FamousA Critical Position in Critical ConditionOn the Penguin March Through LifeWho You Gonna Call?Building Fields of DreamsTo Lead My Trek, I Pick Scotty3. Transforming Public Education: Challenges and SolutionsLessons From Room 411Burning Thoughts on a Snowy DayThe Seven Deadly Sins of No Child Left BehindAuthentic AccountabilityBarking Up the Right TreeIntelligent Redesign: Reframing the Discussion on High School ReformEinstein's BrainAdvancing System LeadershipMaking Great Time on a Lost HighwayDiverse LearnersButchers or TailorsThe Bigotry of ExpectationsRunning Schools Like BusinessNCLB: Dreams and Nightmares4. Lessons From the RoadBagpipes and a Spot of GraceFinding the Right WordsSnow BlindIs Possible?A Pint of Good SenseThe Road to HanaWater and IceSeeing the Forest and the TreesOde to JoyNegotiating the Past and the FutureThe Fantasy and Flow of VietnamA Worthy Import From SingaporeDigging My Way to ChinaIndex
