A power shift in public education seven strategies for dealing with broken promises / Herbert F. Pandiscio.
| Author/creator | Pandiscio, Herbert F., 1931- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxiv, 134 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : a different perspective -- Prologue -- Unsuccessful schools threaten our nation -- Strategy number 1 : power at the top -- Create and initiate "big ideas" -- Develop a powerful and equitable recruitment policy -- Exhibit fiscal courage -- Provide objective oversight and assessment of superintendent of schools -- Additional areas available to assess the work of the superintendent of schools -- Strategy number 2 : the superintendent of schools providing academic leadership -- Strategy number 3 : instructional power at the building level -- Strategy number 4 : establish ethical hiring standards -- Strategy number 5 : appropriate staffing levels -- Strategy number 6 : tenure track or performance track -- Strategy number 7 : performance-based compensation for superintendents -- Three essential questions for boards of education and school superintendents -- A word about chapters 16 and 17 -- Colleges of education and state certification agencies are connected to unsuccessful schools -- Parents as a power source -- Epilogue -- Genesis of the book -- Notes on terminology -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: A power shift in public education Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2009. 9781607092414 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021698370 |
| ISBN | 9781607092438 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |