{"product_id":"changing-to-charter-9781475857573","title":"Changing to Charter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about educational leadership. It tells the stories of 7 educational leaders who made the difficult decision to change their school to public charter school status. Several of the stories are told by those leaders themselves. Their journeys span over 25 years in many cases. The authors also conducted follow-up interviews, dialogues, and investigations to investigate the keys to their sustained success over time. These leaders all possessed an unwavering commitment to their school communities and maintained unusual dedication to their stakeholders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChanging to Charter delivers much more than an examination of the demands, risks, and rewards of converting K-12 schools to charter status. Through the biographies of charter conversion pioneers and their conversion schools, the authors convincingly portray two seemingly contradictory findings: (1) the backgrounds of conversion pioneers are as varied as the circumstances surrounding each conversion; (2) successful school conversions, like the pioneers that led them, share a common core of leadership, indeed human, characteristics critical for successful school conversion and operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Guilbert C. Hentschke, Dean Emeritus, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003eShore, Leahy, and Medley have written the book that every person interested in better schools for our children must read. It is hard to make a school great, but it can be done with excellent leadership and dedication. -- Bill Siart, Founder \u0026amp; Chairman of ExED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - Charter Schools Defined\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - Why Change to Charter?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - New Kids on the Block\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 - New Leaders on the Block\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 - Clawing Your Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 - Success is a Journey, not a Destination\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7- A District School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 - Strengthening Unlikely Partnerships\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 - Shared Pain: The Story of Orange Grove Elementary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 - A 100 Year Love Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 - What If? A History of The Learning Center! Charter School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 - An Island Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 - Legacy of Leadership: The Key of Conversion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040321208663,"sku":"9781475857573","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475857573.jpg?v=1750946374","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-to-charter-9781475857573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}