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Book SynopsisHave high schools killed the American Dream?Across America 857 unmotivated and unskilled students drop out of school each hour of every school day. Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted. Solutions for this national disaster have eluded educators for decades.Until now.In Maximum Impact Education, Jack Oakes recounts a step-by-step journey that engaged an entire city. Local community leaders are united to overcome such obstacles as economic challenges, a lack of understanding about the importance of culture, resistance to systemic reform, and civic apathy. Maximum Impact Education provides useful insights on the work needed to gradually overcome the silos that divide people in their communities as they struggle to rebuild relevant education-to-employment systems for America''s rapidly changing labor market.
Trade ReviewMaximum Impact Education is a landmark book with the promise of positive change for education in the 21st century. -- Patricia Nellor Wickwire, PhD, president of the American Association for Career Education
The author makes clear that the ‘assembly line’ mentality of ‘one size fits all’ misses the point of what our students need. -- Lawrence D. Sporty, MD, psychiatrist/educator
The story of how Santa Ana discovered the power of the ‘Business and Education Connection’ is an important one for every town, city and community in America. -- David Elliott, president/CEO Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
Stimulating, inspiring and timely! A clever use of anecdotes, case studies, and research that delivers the goods on school reform. -- Susan Dixon, financial services executive
Parents, educators, and policymakers at all levels can now read a playbook for crafting a new choice in education. A choice we have always known in our hearts, but never put into action…until now! -- Donnie Crevier, president, Crevier Classic Cars
Jack's "New Investment High School" is not a theoretical model, but a practitioner's handbook. He deftly shows how and why his strategies can benefit all students -- Al Mijares, PhD, Orange County, CA, superintendent of schools
Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction: GRABBING THE BAR Chapter 1: LIFT NUMBER ONE See Students as Start-Ups Chapter 2: LIFT NUMBER TWO Create an Identity Culture Chapter 3: LIFT NUMBER THREE Build the New Investment High School Chapter 4: LIFT NUMBER FOUR Apply the Formula for Reform Chapter 5: LIFT NUMBER FIVE Leverage Learning Chapter 6: LIFT NUMBER SIX Adopt Maximum Impact Education Appendix Notes Index
