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Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership
Contributor(s): Childress, Stacey (Editor), Elmore, Richard F. (Editor), Grossman, Allen (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1891792490     ISBN-13: 9781891792496
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE: $56.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Administration - General
- Education | Leadership
- Education | Aims & Objectives
Dewey: 379.153
LCCN: 2007932116
Physical Information: 1" H x 7.3" W x 9.8" L (2.05 lbs) 504 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 250
 
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Managing School Districts for High Performance brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement.

At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning organizational design, human capital management, resource allocation, and accountability and performance improvement systems to support an overarching strategy. This central idea provides a valuable conceptual framework for current and future school leaders.

The case studies presented in Managing School Districts for High Performance grow out of the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a unique partnership between the Harvard Business School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a network of urban school districts. This rich array of cases explores the managerial challenges districts face as they seek to ensure rich learning opportunities and high achievement for all students across a system of schools.

Contributor Bio(s): Childress, Stacey: - Stacey M. Childress is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and a cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University.Johnson, Susan Moore: - Susan Moore Johnson is the Jerome T. Murphy Research Professor in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Elmore, Richard F.: - Richard F. Elmore is the Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Grossman, Allen: - Allen S. Grossman, the MBA class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, is a faculty cochair of the Public Education Leadership Project.
 
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