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Leading Schools in Disruptive Times: How To Survive Hyper-Change
A school leadership model for surviving hyper-change
From social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today’s school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century? With an eye on the past and a vision for the future, Carter and White draw the blueprint for adapting schools to ever-changing times.
• A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change
• Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century
• A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come
From social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today’s school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century? With an eye on the past and a vision for the future, Carter and White draw the blueprint for adapting schools to ever-changing times.
• A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change
• Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century
• A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come
272 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2017
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May 4, 2023
Informative, but…
Read this book for a class I’m taking to become an educational leader. While this book did open my eyes to the future direction of education, it was a lot of “what” and not much “how.” I would have liked some examples of successfully transformed schools and more quotes from leaders currently in the trenches regarding best practices in adapting to this era of hyper change. Also, some of the content was very redundant. This book could have been 40-50 page shorter, if repeated sentences (different words conveying the same message) were removed. Some chapters were a bit of a slog to get through.
Overall, I don’t regret reading this but I feel like I now have more questions than answers.
Read this book for a class I’m taking to become an educational leader. While this book did open my eyes to the future direction of education, it was a lot of “what” and not much “how.” I would have liked some examples of successfully transformed schools and more quotes from leaders currently in the trenches regarding best practices in adapting to this era of hyper change. Also, some of the content was very redundant. This book could have been 40-50 page shorter, if repeated sentences (different words conveying the same message) were removed. Some chapters were a bit of a slog to get through.
Overall, I don’t regret reading this but I feel like I now have more questions than answers.
August 14, 2020
This book is a must have for any educator and especially for school level and district leaders. The authors make the case for the need of leadership and education to change based upon previous educational paradigms. They then make the case that this change will continue to happen and at faster rates that demand leadership be prepared to lead in. I highly recommend it!
March 26, 2018
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March 2, 2021
DNF. It was a bit irrelevant as a teacher with no aspirations for leadership. Nice insight though.
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