Creating Profit: The Real Business of School Boards

Book by Baskin, L., Caldarelli, C.

Lawrence M. Baskin, Ed.D. Cesare Caldarelli, Jr. Ed.D. Dr. Lawrence Baskin has been at the forefront of educational leadership and continuous improvement efforts for more than three decades. Beyond serving in the capacity of Superintendent for the Libertyville and Glen Ellyn, Illinois school districts, additionally, Larry was Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs for The Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is known as an entrepreneurial leader having successfully worked with school and corporate board members to create productive systems leading to the attainment of desired results. Dr. Baskin has worked closely with legislative, municipal and corporate leaders on behalf of schools and community organizations. Larry earned his doctorate in educational administration and supervision from Loyola University of Chicago. His dissertation surrounded the employment, supervision and remuneration of administrative personnel in Illinois. He has vast experience in the successful design and implementation of systems leading to measurable gains in instruction, customer satisfaction and resource utilization. He was selected by school board members and colleagues to lead several organizations as well as the Governor of Illinois to help reorganize of the State Board of Education. Larry has been invited to present across the country and received numerous awards and citations in the capacity of Superintendent and Dean. Dr. Baskin is co-founder of the Functional Leadership Institute with a mission to help improve public education by assisting boards of education and administrative groups to attain sustained growth in student instruction, customer satisfaction and resource utilization. Dr. Cesare Caldarelli has been immersed in school and school district leadership spanning four decades from pre-school through high school and adult education. He served in the classroom and as a coach, asst. principal, principal, asst. superintendent, and for nineteen years as sup

Lawrence M. Baskin, Ed.D. Cesare Caldarelli, Jr. Ed.D. Dr. Lawrence Baskin has been at the forefront of educational leadership and continuous improvement efforts for more than three decades. Beyond serving in the capacity of Superintendent for the Libertyville and Glen Ellyn, Illinois school districts, additionally, Larry was Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs for The Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is known as an entrepreneurial leader having successfully worked with school and corporate board members to create productive systems leading to the attainment of desired results. Dr. Baskin has worked closely with legislative, municipal and corporate leaders on behalf of schools and community organizations. Larry earned his doctorate in educational administration and supervision from Loyola University of Chicago. His dissertation surrounded the employment, supervision and remuneration of administrative personnel in Illinois. He has vast experience in the successful design and implementation of systems leading to measurable gains in instruction, customer satisfaction and resource utilization. He was selected by school board members and colleagues to lead several organizations as well as the Governor of Illinois to help reorganize of the State Board of Education. Larry has been invited to present across the country and received numerous awards and citations in the capacity of Superintendent and Dean. Dr. Baskin is co-founder of the Functional Leadership Institute with a mission to help improve public education by assisting boards of education and administrative groups to attain sustained growth in student instruction, customer satisfaction and resource utilization. Dr. Cesare Caldarelli has been immersed in school and school district leadership spanning four decades from pre-school through high school and adult education. He served in the classroom and as a coach, asst. principal, principal, asst. superintendent, and for nineteen years as sup