{"product_id":"creating-engagement-between-schools-and-their-communities-9781498521765","title":"Creating Engagement between Schools and their","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communitiescommunities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften rural schools and communities are overlooked when considering the current circumstances and future prospects for students and families in our most remote places. The authors and contributors have done an outstanding job in focusing on this population and why leadership is so critical to the success and vitality of rural people and places. -- Robert Mahaffey, Rural School and Community Trust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Chapter 1: What is a Community-focused Leader?  Ted Purinton \u0026amp; Carlos Azcoitia  Chapter 2: Building Local Academic Identity Ted Purinton \u0026amp; Carlos Azcoitia  Chapter 3: Boundary-crossing Leadership for Community Schools Martin Blanks  Chapter 4: Leading through Community-based Partnerships Chris Brown  Chapter 5: Academic Achievement and the Community Schools Model Mary A. Ronan  Chapter 6: The Rural Solution: How Community Schools Can Reinvigorate Rural Education Dorris Terry Williams  Chapter 7: Leading STEM in the Community School Setting Judith Dymond  Chapter 8: Preparing Aspiring Leaders for Community School Leadership Karen Carlson  Chapter 9: Evaluating Community School Leadership Adeline Ray, Daniel Diehl, \u0026amp; Neil Naftzger  Chapter 10: Succession Planning for Community School Leadership—A Personal Reflection Francisco Borras  References  About the Contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040676086103,"sku":"9781498521765","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498521765.jpg?v=1750947478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-engagement-between-schools-and-their-communities-9781498521765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}