Future search in school district change : connection, community, and results /
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2005. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Leading systemic school improvement series ; no. 4 Leading systemic school improvement ; no. 4. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5625981 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributor's foreword / Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht, Emily Axelrod, Rosemarie Barbeau, Mary Ann Bobosky, Claudia Chowaniec, Sandee Crowther, Pat Deans, Michael Erwin, Karen Symms Gallagher, Ray Gordezky, Jim Grieve, Sally Hilderbrand, Sandra Janoff, Vera Jashni, Jean Katz, Chris Kloth, Rebecca Love, Kim Martens, James Merritt, Sara Mullett, Kenoli Oleari, Jim Parry, Catherine Perme, Alexa Posny, Sue Rowan, Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley, Shelley Sweet and Marvin Weisbord
- Preface / Rita Schweitz and Kim Martens
- Introduction : future search in education / Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff
- 1. Lawrence public schools : institutionalized goals / Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod and Sandee Crowther
- 2. Influencing systemwide change at the Toronto district school board / Ray Gordezky, Kim Martens and Sue Rowan
- 3. Converting outsiders to insiders : a grassroots approach using future searches at each school to design the districtwide educational strategy / Jim Parry
- 4. Supporting the merger of two school boards in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : the Ottawa-Carleton community and public education to 2015 / Claudia Chowaniec, Ray Gordezky and Jim Grieve
- 5. Perkiomen Valley school district : creating a collaborative culture / Beverly Arsht, Nancy Aronson and Sally Hilderbrand
- 6. Activating social capital through community support and interagency cooperation : a future search success story in education / Rita Schweitz, Ken Seeley and James Merritt
- 7. Building community capacity to support quality education / Nancy Aronson, Emily Axelrod and Mary Ann Bobosky
- 8. Supporting health and mental health so students can learn in San Gabriel, California / Jean Katz and Vera Jashni
- 9. Creating a community for healthy learners in Minneapolis, Minnesota / Catherine M. Perme and Sara E. Stoltzfus Mullett
- 10. Finding the rainbow in a coat of many colors : a districtwide strategic planning process / Shelley Sweet and Jean Katz
- 11. Confronting racism in the Novato Unified school district / Kenoli Oleari
- 12. Success and system readiness : the Lester B. Pearson school board and its commitment to educational excellence, Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Pat Deans, Kim Martens and Ray Gordezky
- 13. North Montgomery County technical career center : opening up a system and having regional impact / Nancy Aronson, Beverly Arsht and Michael Erwin
- 14. Community collaboration : a 10-year journey for young children / Chris Kloth and Rebecca Love
- 15. Transforming a school of education : building system coherence / Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau and Karen Symms Gallagher
- 16. Kansas State Department of education : hope and a sense of possibility in a time of scarcity and despair / Nancy Aronson, Rosemarie Barbeau and Alexa Posny
- Epilogue : engaging the system by changing conversations in school districts / Kim Martens, Nancy Aronson and Rita Schweitz.
