Future search in school district change
Subtitle: connection, community, and results
By: [edited by] Rita Schweitz and Kim Martens with Nancy Aronson
Contributors: Schweitz, Rita, 1943-; Martens, Kim, 1959-; Aronson, Nancy
Series: Leading systemic school improvement series -- no. 4; Leading systemic school improvement -- no. 4
Publisher: ScarecrowEducation
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: School improvement programs -- Case studies; School management and organization -- Case studies; Educational change -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index
Table of contents: value: Introduction : future search in education / Marvin Weisbord & Sandra Janoff; value: Lawrence Public Schools : institutionalized goals / Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, Sandee Crowther; value: Influencing system-wide change at the Toronto District School Board / Ray Gordezky, Kim Martens, Sue Rowan; value: Converting outsiders to insiders : a grassroots approach using future searches at each school to design the district-wide educational strategy / Jim Parry; value: Supporting the merger of two school boards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : the Ottawa-Carleton community and public education to 2015 / Claudia Chowaniec, Ray Gordezky, Jim Grieve; value: Perkiomen Valley School District : creating a collaborative culture / Beverly Arsht, Nancy Aronson, Sally Hilderbrand; value: Activating social capital through community support and interagency cooperation : a future search success story in education / Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, Jim Merritt; value: Building community capacity to support quality education / Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod, Mary Ann Bobosky; value: Supporting health and mental health so students can learn in San Gabriel, California / Jean Katz and Vera Jashni; value: Creating a community for healthy learners in Minneapolis, MN / Catherine M. Perme and Sara E. Stoltzfus Mullett; value: Finding the rainbow in a coat of many colors : a district-wide strategic planning process / Shelley Sweet and Jean Katz; value: Confronting racism in the Novato Unified School District / Kenoli Oleari; value: Success and system readiness : Lester B. Pearson School Board and their commitment to educational excellence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Pat Deans, Ray Gordezky, Kim Martens; value: North Montgomery County Technical Career Center : opening up a system and having regional impact / Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, Michael Erwin; value: Community collaboration : a 10-year journey for young children / Chris Kloth and Rebecca Love; value: Transforming a school of education : building system coherence / Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, Karen Symms Gallagher; value: Kansas State Department of Education : hope and a sense of possibility in a time of scarcity and despair / Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau, Alexa Pochowski; value: Epilogue : engaging the system by changing conversations in school districts / Kim Martens, Nancy Aronson, Rita Schweitz