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Author Forner, Mark E., 1961- author

Title Hardball leadership : how to achieve student academic success in a rural school district / Mark E. Forner
Published Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Contents Preface; 1 Small District Leadership Is a Whole Lot Different From Big District Leadership; 2 But in Some Ways Small District and Big District Leadership Are the Same; 3 Context; 4 Priorities; 5 Strategy; 6 Practices; 7 Finance; 8 Partnership; 9 Conflict; 10 Legacy; Bibliography; About the Author
Summary How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation's rural communities is actually higher than it is in our country's urban centers. Hardball Leadership is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based upon original res
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Education, Rural -- United States
School supervision, Rural -- United States
Rural schools -- United States -- Administration
Educational leadership -- United States
Academic achievement -- United States
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Academic achievement
Education, Rural
Educational leadership
Rural schools -- Administration
School supervision, Rural
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016031506
ISBN 9781475821628
147582162X