Synopses & Reviews
Urban school superintendents face unprecedented challenges. They must ensure that all students achieve a high level of performance despite a lack of resources, the intractable problems of race and poverty, a chaotic governance structure, and the often conflicting demands of teachers, parents, unions, and the community. This important book, edited by the co-directors of the prestigious Harvard Urban Superintendents Program (USP), explores the ways in which superintendents can make a difference in the lives of each child, every day, by being knowledgeable about and driven by what happens in the classroom.
The editors and distinguished contributors cover a wide range of vital topics that superintendents face from the day they are hired to the day they retire, such as how superintendents can most effectively communicate their vision, plan strategically, institute instructional reform, engage the community, and allocate resources. The book is filled with illustrative examples of well-known superintendents who are trailblazing new means to achieve educational fairness for all children and are changing the landscape of urban school systems today. In addition, Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day highlights the Urban Superintendents Program's Leadership Framework, which is designed to aid administrators and educators in decision making and achieving equity. An ancillary CD containing teaching notes and exhibits is also included as an aid to teachers who wish to scaffold material discussed in the text.
Review
Praise for
Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day"This comprehensive, compelling, and timely new book will appeal to all readers who care about public education in America. It provides evidence based on proven strategies for change and improvement in urban schools, which when applied can result in all students achieving at higher levels."?Tom Payzant, professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day is an essential resource for every educator, policymaker, and child advocate committed to transforming our nation's schools and preparing every child for the future."?Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund
"Leading change in an urban school district is more complex and challenging than most people realize. This must-read book for any current or future superintendent provides practical, real-world advice by experts who know what they're talking about."?Joel I. Klein, chancellor, New York City Department of Education
"Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about our public education system."?Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
Synopsis
From the prestigious Harvard Urban Superintendents Program, this is a must-have book for new superintendents in large districts, aspiring superintendents, and students of education leadership. It takes readers through the profession of superintendent from entry to exit and includes information on communicating the vision, strategic planning, instructional reform, engaging the community, allocating resources, collaborating with unions and school boards, replicating success, and sustaining improvement. Bolstering each chapter is the Urban Superintendents Program's Leadership Framework, designed to aid administrators and educators in decision making and achieving equity.
Synopsis
Praise for Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day
"This comprehensive, compelling, and timely new book will appeal to all readers who care about public education in America. It provides evidence based on proven strategies for change and improvement in urban schools, which when applied can result in all students achieving at higher levels."Tom Payzant, professor of practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day is an essential resource for every educator, policymaker, and child advocate committed to transforming our nation's schools and preparing every child for the future."Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund
"Leading change in an urban school district is more complex and challenging than most people realize. This must-read book for any current or future superintendent provides practical, real-world advice by experts who know what they're talking about."Joel I. Klein, chancellor, New York City Department of Education
"Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about our public education system."Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
About the Author
Robert S. Peterkin, EdD, and Deborah Jewell-Sherman, EdD, are co-directors of the Harvard Urban Superintendents Program (USP).
Laura Kelley and Leslie Boozer are both aspiring superintendents and doctoral candidates studying educational leadership in USP at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Established in 1990, the Harvard USP is recognized as the nation's premier program for preparing individuals to lead urban school districts.
Table of Contents
Preface.
A Manifesto for the Taming of Capitalism.
Challenges for Modern Democratic States.
Rescue the Right to Work in Aging Societies.
Legalize Black Market Labor.
Defuse the Ticking Time Bombs of the Welfare State.
Enroll 100% of Population in Pensions.
Reduce State Indebtedness.
Look for New Answers to Old Problems.
Subsidize Start-ups in Disadvantaged Regions.
The Mandate of the Democratic, Constitutional Welfare State: Stability, Reliability, Prosperity.
Chapter 1 Midas Reveals How to Create Money through Credit Fraud.
Does Progress in Developing Money Equal Progress in the World Economy?
The State as Accomplice, Controller of the Money Economy, Or Both?
The Illusory World of Finance and Fictional Capital of Banks.
Will Yesterday's Recipes Help Us Today?
The Finance Sector Always Underestimates the Risks of its Innovations.
Four Fatal Innovations of Global Banking.
Essential Reforms.
Four Conclusions from the Financial Crisis.
Keynes, Properly Understood.
Chapter 2 The Great Bluff.
The American Way out of the Crisis.
A Brief Tour of How We Got Here.
How American Globalization Revolutionized Finance.
Wanted: An Emporer with Clothes.
How Goldman Sachs Milked Bubble Trouble.
Origins of the Financial Crisis.
The Lost Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management.
The Government Intervenes; Investors Panic.
Obamanomics: Exploiting Crisis, Postponing Costs.
The Debt Culture versus Hoarding and Investing.
Austerity versus Stimulus: The Trillion Dollar Gap.
Recasting the U.S.: Domestic Dynamism with Responsibility.
Chapter 3 Giant with Feet of Clay.
The European Union.
What Services has the EU Rendered?
The Euro: Not Dynamic but Dynamite.
Is the EU on Its Way to Becoming a Nation-State?
Do EU Institutions Induce Constitutional Infidelity?
Can the Euro Survive?
The Three Unknowns of the Current Bailout of the Euro.
The Next Financial Adventure: A European State Bankruptcy Law.
What Comes after the Euro?
The Future of the EU: The Swiss Model.
Chapter 4 The New New World.
Can BRICs Save the Rich?
Mimicking Past Economic Miracles.
The Rise of the BRICs.
Characteristics of the New New World.
Legitimacy Lost.
Decoupling and Demographics.
One BRIC at a Time.
China: Model or Enigma?
The Kaleidoscope of India.
Laid-back Brazil.
Russian Realism: "Dead End?".
Debt versus Investment and Savings in BRICs.
The Group of 20 and Global Imbalances.
The Roadmap to the New World Economy Has Changed.
Chapter 5 Time for a New Bretton Woods.
Crisis Prevention through Monetary Law.
What Caused Bretton Woods to Fail?
“Floating” Exchange Rates: A Compelling End?
Living in the “Non-system” of Post-Bretton Woods.
Keynes with a New Feature: Real (not Nominal) Fixed Exchange Rates.
Chapter 6 Towards a Brave New World Economy.
Reducing Debt and Unemployment.
The World Economy and Nation: States Are a System of Communicating Pipes.
Democracy Begins and Works at Home.
Pillars of Stability and Self-Healing Therapies of Modern Society.
From 'Underground' Work' to Life-long 'Retooling'.
The Old-age Pension Dilemma.
The Dilemma of the Over-indebted State.
What Can Be Done?
The Three Megatrends of the Global Economy of Tomorrow.
Epilogue Faust and Mephisto on the World-Money Stage.
From Paper Gold to Paper Paper.
The Narrow Middle Lane of Successful Capitalism.
Bringing Banks Back to Real and Human Capital.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.