Education
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The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems
Identifying, Preparing and Supporting Successful Leaders of Public School Systems
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The mission of The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is to raise student achievement by recruiting, training and supporting executive leadership talent from across America to become the next generation of urban school district leaders. Established in 2001, The Center identifies talented leaders from education, business, the military, nonprofit organizations and government who have the passion, knowledge and skill to take on executive leadership roles in urban education. The Center operates two executive development programs: The Broad Superintendents Academy (www.broadacademy.org) and The Broad Residency in Urban Education (www.broadresidency.org).
For more information on these programs, please visit http://www.broadcenter.org/, or download the brochures:
The Broad Superintendents Academy brochure (.pdf)
The Broad Residency brochure (.pdf)
Read Broad's Latest Edition of Education Quarterly
New to this topic? Download the Education Primer (PDF) for a brief introduction
"Imagine that upon your arrival at an airline ticket counter, you are told that only 65 percent of the flights to your intended destination actually even arrive. The remainder crash en route. And, if you are a child of color, or poor, you are required to fly on special, poorly maintained planes-of which only 35 percent make it. Sounds crazy, right? But this is exactly the deal that, as a nation, we are serving up daily to millions of children in thousands of our public schools."
-Crash Course by Chris Whittle
Books
Crash Course
Chris Whittle
A fascinating discussion from the CEO and founder of Edison Schools, advocating integration of basic business principles into America’s school systems. Whittle shares lessons and ideas he has learned from the “front lines” of managing one of the nation's leading charter school companies.
Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools and Winning!
Donald McAdams
This selection reviews successful district-level reform in Houston, the nation’s seventh-largest school district. A first-hand account by a school-board member who helped craft and execute the reform initiatives, this book is a fascinating account of the intricacies and politics behind the successful turnaround of a major urban district.
Making Schools Work
William Ouchi
Ouchi believes educational management systems should be entrepreneurial rather than bureaucratic. Give principals real control over their budgets, empower parents as genuine participants in school decisions, and student achievement will soar, even in communities beset by poverty and high immigration rates.
No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning
Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
Analysis of the racial learning gap from sometimes-controversial authors.
Savage Inequalities
Jonathan Kozol
In this graphic, eye-opening account, Kozol examines the state of public education from the eyes of children of poor families. The shocking realities he uncovers emphasize the urgency of the call to action to fix America’s public school systems. Solutions offered reflect liberal approach to education reform.
Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them
Marc S. Tucker and Judy B. Codding.
Practical guide on how to ensure that standards are well-designed and implemented, by two of the pioneers of standard-based education in the United States.
Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
David Tyack and Larry Cuban
Tyack and Cuban examine the cyclical nature of educational reform and discuss difficulties faced throughout the last century by proponents of various agents for change. Their explorations provide an excellent foundation to the national discussion of education reform on local, state and federal levels.
Victory in Our Schools: We Can Give Our Children Excellent Public Education
Major General John Stanford
Reflections on first prominent non-traditional superintendent. Quick read that touches on many of the front-line issues in educational reform.
Articles
How Effective Is Your Child's Teacher?
Amanda M. Fairbanks, GOOD Education
Aug, 16, 2010
Podcast: Learning from Great Teachers
Education Next
July 19, 2010
Despite Push, Success at Charter Schools Is Mixed
Trip Gabriel, The New York Times
May 1, 2010
The War Over America's Lunch
Douglas McGray, Time
April 26, 2010
Schools Test a New Tool for Improving Evaluation of Teachers
Crystal Jednak, The New York Times
April 8, 2010
City Year Tackles the High School Dropout Crisis
Arthur Shtern, GOOD
March 23, 2010
Building a Better Teacher
Elizabeth Green, The New York Times
March 2, 2010
Race to the Top: Where’s the Finish Line?
Liz Dwyer, GOOD
February 4, 2010
Better Indicators of College Success
Pranav Kothari, Mission Measurement
February 2, 2010
What Makes a Great Teacher
Amanda Ripley, The Atlantic Monthly
January / February 2010
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2009
Robin Lake, National Charter School Research Project
January 2010
Report: College- and Career Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success (.pdf)
Chad Aldeman, Education Sector Reports
January 2010
Will Obama's School Reform Plan Work?
Kim Clark, US News and World Report
December 9, 2009
Urban Education Reform, LA Style
Charles Kerchner, Huffington Post
December 8, 2009
In Search of Education Leaders
Bob Herbert, New York Times
December 4, 2009
>> For older articles, see the Education archive (December 2009 - August 2006)
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