Courage, passion, and vision

"Courage, Passion, and Vision describes the significant challenges of leading whole-system improvement in school districts while offering practical, theoretical, and philosophical perspectives. Three superintendents and two education leaders share their views on the characteristics needed to lead district-wide change. Readers will benefit by learning what it takes to be an effective change-leader and by discovering an innovative methodology and a set of tools for producing and sustaining systemic school improvement. This book will be of interest to aspiring and practicing superintendents, school board members, and policymakers who have an interest in whole-district improvement and what it takes to create and sustain it."--Jacket.