Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership

by Veronica Mcdermott and Yvette Jackson

Book Overview

Many urban educators live in fear: of their schools being labeled failures, of increasingly punitive sanctions, of loss of respect and livelihood. This fear pervades the entire school community, affecting the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of its members.

The authors of this guide to transformation in urban schools are convinced that the key ingredient for school renewal is fearless leadership. Fearless leaders work in schools under-resourced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416614672
• ISBN13: 9781416614678
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"