Maggie Dixon, a 28-year old women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament-and died suddenly four weeks later. This book profiles a woman whose enthusiasm, affirmation, hard work, and determination inspired not only her players but friends and ......
Maggie Dixon, a 28-year old women's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament-and died suddenly four weeks later. This book profiles a woman whose enthusiasm, affirmation, hard work, and determination inspired not only her players but friends and ......
What Shakespeare Can Teach Us about School District Leadership
This book explores the school and district leadership lessons that can be gleaned from five of Shakespeare's most well-known and frequently taught plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Hamlet. Each chapter focuses on one of the five plays and the leadership themes that can inform the work done by principals, ......
What Shakespeare Can Teach Us about School District Leadership
This book explores the school and district leadership lessons that can be gleaned from five of Shakespeare's most well-known and frequently taught plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Hamlet. Each chapter focuses on one of the five plays and the leadership themes that can inform the work done by principals, ......
Drawing on 38 years of experience, Brian Lightman's perceptive and thoughtful book is a reflective account of his career, looking at the development of the education system both from his perspective as a teacher and school leader and, more recently, as one involved in national policy. Major themes include the disruptive impact of the electoral ......
Flipping the flexible working narrative for education
Designed to open up the flexible working conversation in education, this book outlines what can work, what has worked and what could work. This new way of viewing the flexi narrative from an experienced flex-pert encourages all to revisit our views on flexible working.
Through a series of letters to college students, two former university presidents speak to the rich and varied purposes of college and how it prepares one to live a full and successful life.Letters to Students discusses the meaning of higher education for the individual and society, offering advice on navigating the college experience, on life and ......
Through a series of letters to college students, two former university presidents speak to the rich and varied purposes of college and how it prepares one to live a full and successful life.Letters to Students discusses the meaning of higher education for the individual and society, offering advice on navigating the college experience, on life and ......
Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman proposed the idea of school vouchers to give parents at all income levels the freedom to choose the schools their children attend. In this collection, leading education experts assess the progress of Friedman's innovative idea and reflect on its merits in the 21st century.
