Identifying Leaders for Urban Charter, Autonomous and Independent Schools: Above and Beyond the Standards

by Kimberly B. Hughes and Sara A.M. Silva

A critical challenge for urban charter/autonomous/independent schools is finding educational leaders with the courage to lead with authenticity; integrity and ingenuity using standards based practices to effect transformational change within schools. Two decades after the first charter school opened, leaders still continue to face a range of challenges that traditional public school leaders do not face. Without the type of district support that traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781905010
• ISBN13: 9781781905012
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"