A school district's journey to excellence
Subtitle: lessons from business and education
By: Bill McNeal, Tom Oxholm.
Contributors: Oxholm, Tom.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781412941570; 9781412941587
Subjects: Academic achievement -- United States -- Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements -- United States; Education -- United States -- Evaluation; Community and school -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Leadership in context; title: Leadership and courage. Accountability. Leadership. Organizing your leadership. Communicating with your public. Business partnerships that make a difference; title: Leadership and brains. Goal setting and planning. Making use of retreats. Training leaders. Measuring success. Dollars and sense; title: Leadership and heart. Students matter most. Teachers matter most. Parents matter most. Involving the entire village; title: Bringing it all home. Making a home of the school. Conclusion.