Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership

Childress, Stacey [Editor]; Elmore, Richard F. [Editor]; Grossman, Allen [Editor]; Johnson, Susan Moore [Editor];

ISBN 10: 1891792490 / ISBN 13: 9781891792496

Published by Harvard Education Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership
• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891792490
• ISBN 13: 9781891792496
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 32 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Stacy Childress is a lecturer at Harvard Business School. Richard F. Elmore is the Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Allen S. Grossman is the MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. Susan Moore Johnson is the Pforzheimer Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.