How to Change 5000 Schools: A Practical and Positive Approach for Leading Change at Every Level
Language: English
Published by Harvard Education Press, 2008
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- Title
- How to Change 5000 Schools: A Practical and Positive Approach for Leading Change at Every Level
- Author
- Levin, Ben
- Publisher
- Harvard Education Press
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1934742082
- ISBN 13
- 9781934742082
- Item weight
- 372 grams
Not long ago, public education in Ontario, Canada, was in deep trouble. Student achievement was stagnating, labor disruptions were rampant, and public satisfaction with the schools was low. In 2003, a new provincial government initiated a series of reforms that embodied a positive, outcome-focused agenda for public education. Today, student outcomes have improved, labor disruption has vanished, and teacher morale is high.
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About the Author
Ben Levin is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto.
Levin’s career has been in academia and in government. His career in education extends over many years, starting with his efforts while in high school to organize a city-wide high school students’ union and his election as a school trustee in Winnipeg at the age of 19. Since then he has worked with private research organizations, school divisions, provincial governments, and national and international agencies while also building an academic and research career in education.
Levin has held leadership positions in a wide variety of organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors. From late 2004 until early 2007 he was Deputy Minister of Education for the Province of Ontario. From 1999 through 2002 he was Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Deputy Minister of Education, Training and Youth for Manitoba. He is widely known for his work in educational reform, educational change, and educational policy and politics. His work has been international in scope, including projects in a dozen countries and with several international agencies.
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