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"A unique, superb, and penetrating analysis of the human side of educational change. Evans knows the human realities of change and portrays them vividly in both individual and organizational terms. His discussion of hope and realism in the final chapter is a gem." (Michael Fullan, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto)
"Evans certainly understands what gets in the way of real school change and what the simple, key elements are that can make it happen. No board member, superintendent, or school principal should make one more decision or host one more meeting without reading this book." (Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, Calif.)
Evans has written a realistic yet hopeful book that sets a new standard for providing the leadership needed to implement school improvements. An engaging and much-needed update of the critical, but often overlooked, human side of change. (Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education and senior fellow, Center for Educational Leadership, Trinity University)
School leaders will find this book realistic about the difficulties of change, rich in practical advice about school improvement, and useful in showing how to transcend the limits of their own experience to practice effective leadership. (Thomas W. Payzant, superintendent, Boston Public Schools)
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In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend upon to implement it.
"A unique, superb, and penetrating analysis of the human side of educational change. Evans knows the human realities of change and portrays them vividly in both individual and organizational terms. His discussion of hope and realism in the final chapter is a gem." (Michael Fullan, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto)
"Evans certainly understands what gets in the way of real school change and what the simple, key elements are that can make it happen. No board member, superintendent, or school principal should make one more decision or host one more meeting without reading this book." (Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, Calif.)
Evans has written a realistic yet hopeful book that sets a new standard for providing the leadership needed to implement school improvements. An engaging and much-needed update of the critical, but often overlooked, human side of change. (Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Education and senior fellow, Center for Educational Leadership, Trinity University)
School leaders will find this book realistic about the difficulties of change, rich in practical advice about school improvement, and useful in showing how to transcend the limits of their own experience to practice effective leadership. (Thomas W. Payzant, superintendent, Boston Public Schools)
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In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend upon to implement it.
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At a conference on school reform, the principal of an urban high school, unable to contain himself, burst out, "We've spent all morning discussing which changes are best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strategic biases, authentic leaders, multiple improvement, false clarity, improvement agenda, conservative impulse, school leaders, new competence, veteran staff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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At a conference on school reform, the principal of an urban high school, unable to contain himself, burst out, "We've spent all morning discussing which changes are best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strategic biases, authentic leaders, multiple improvement, false clarity, improvement agenda, conservative impulse, school leaders, new competence, veteran staff Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tom Russell, Declaration of Independence, Joan Blackwell, New England, Shirley Wetherbee, United States New!
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- Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources (8th Edition) by Paul Hersey on page 178, and Back Matter
- Loss and Change (Reports of the Institute of Community Studies) by Peter Marris on page 25, and Back Matter
- Managers As Leaders (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) by Harvard Business Review in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution by T Y PETERS on page 11, and Back Matter
- Schooling for Tomorrow: Directing Reforms to Issues That Count by Thomas J. Sergiovanni in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Wounded Leader: How Real Leadership Emerges in Times of Crisis (Jossey Bass Education Series) by Richard H. Ackerman in Back Matter
- Accelerating the Learning of All Students: Cultivating Culture Change in Schools, Classrooms and Individuals by Christine Finnan in Back Matter
- Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools (Jossey-Bass Education Series) by Thomas J. Sergiovanni in Back Matter
- The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership (Jossey-Bass Teacher) by Jossey-Bass Publishers on page 471
- The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life by Michael Gurian in Back Matter
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