A Charter School Principal Story: A View from the Inside (Second Edition)

By: J. Smith, Barbara

What happens when a Canadian principal, guided by the teachings of Fullan and Hargreaves, takes on the role of school leader in an inner-city charter school in the United States? This inside story of a principal in the DC charter school system, reveals much about the desire for educators and students to experience more than a life of multiple-choice testing that tends to be so commonplace in these schools. While such a case adds to the mound of research that supports the 'change takes time' findings, it nevertheless demonstrates the reality, on a day-to-day basis, of what's worth fighting for in schools. Student and teacher engagement and empowerment matter, and to get to such ends, a school must fiercely focus on targets well beyond test scores.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900469224X
• ISBN13: 9789004692244
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"