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Excellence, equity, and efficiency : how principals and policymakers can survive the triangle of tension / Robert T. Hess.
Van Pelt Library LB2831.92 .H45 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School principals--United States.
- School principals.
- United States.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Education--Political aspects--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005.
- Summary:
- Researched and written by a fulltime practicing principal in the field, this book: - documents hundreds of actual events and struggles that principals have faced while attempting to manage the demands these values present. - includes a story of the author's school and district that is successfully rejecting both the notion of social promotion and retention in their attempt to reconcile excellence, equity, and efficiency through the concept of priority leadership.
- Contents:
- Values that drive change : the triangle of tension
- The pursuit of excellence
- The promise of equity
- The power of efficiency
- Surviving the triangle of tension
- Quality school improvement framework
- Priority leadership
- Applying the QSI in the school setting
- Principals : recommendations for restructuring
- Recommedations for policymakers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1578862027
- OCLC:
- 58393851
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