Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation--in less than a decade--into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.

In chapters organized around six core themes, the authors lay out the essential elements of MCPS's success. They identify key lessons other districts can draw from MCPS's experience and offer a framework for applying them. A dramatic departure from "business as usual," MCPS has won nationwide attention as a compelling model for tackling...

Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation in less than a decade into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.

In chapters organized around six core themes, the authors lay out the essential elements of MCPS s success. They identify key lessons other districts can draw from MCPS s experience and offer a framework for applying them. A dramatic departure from business as usual, MCPS has won nationwide attention as a compelling model for tackling the...

Transforming Public Education features nineteen cases that profile entrepreneurs who are pursuing opportunities to create pattern-breaking social change in our public schools.

For nearly two decades, education entrepreneurs have been working to transform the K 12 public education system in the United States. Social entrepreneurship has become part of the language of a new generation of idealists, many of whom are focused on education. The nineteen cases in this book profile entrepreneurs who are pursuing opportunities to create pattern-breaking social change in our public...