Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Schools Disrupted: Understanding How We Got Here
| School Administrators Are Dealing With an Overload of Information and Demands |
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| The Third Wave of History Is Fueling Rapid Disruptions in Our Schools |
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| Schools Have Experienced Their Own Waves of Change; American Schools Are Entering the Fifth Wave of Their Development |
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| Processing Speeds Have Fueled Technology Disruptions and Created a New Education Landscape |
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| Knowledge Is Doubling at Faster Rates, Which Is Redefining Education |
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| If School Leaders Are Going to Thrive, They Must Use Disruptions to Their Advantage |
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| Activities to Transition to 21st Century Leadership and Hyper-Change |
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Chapter 2. Types of School Disruptions: New Problems Going Viral
| Understanding Disruptions and Disruptive Events |
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| Introducing the CAT Strategy: Coping, Adjusting, and Transforming |
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| Identifying the Seven Disruptions Changing Schools Today |
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| Finding the Disruptions in Their Own Schools |
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| Forming a Vision for a New Type of Leader: The Local Global Leader |
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| Examining Accountability Through a 21st Century Lens |
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| Activities to Help Understand School Disruptions |
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Chapter 3. Student Safety: From Innocence to the Unimaginable
| A Principal’s View of Student Safety in 21st Century Education |
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| A Teacher’s View of Student Safety in 21st Century Education |
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| Tips For Maintaining Student Safety in an Age of Disruptions |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Create a Safer School in the 21st Century |
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Chapter 4. Technology: New Opportunities and New Challenges
| Four Key Points for Leaders About Technology Disruptions |
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| From Myspace to Personal Devices and the Cloud |
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| Tips for Leading Schools in an Age of Technology Disruptions |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Transform With Technology Disruptions |
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Chapter 5. Education Reforms: Searching for the Freedom to Lead and the Freedom to Teach
| Living With a Warped Sense of Accountability |
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| Shielding Teachers and Focusing on Learning |
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| A Teacher’s View: The Freedom to Teach |
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| Teacher Preparation: Drilling Down Into the Data |
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| Pivoting to a Future of Rapid Change |
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| Tips for Leading Schools in an Age of Constant Education Reforms |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Transform in Education Reform Disruptions |
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Chapter 6. Generational Differences: Leading Boomers, X, Y, and Z in New Learning Spaces
| A Closer Look at Four Generations in Our Schools |
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| The Administrator Leading Gen Z and Generations of Teachers |
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| The Learning Environment Consultant With an Optimistic View |
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| The Experienced Architect With a Vision for Change |
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| The CEO on a Journey: A New Generation and a New Mission |
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| Tips for Leading in Generational and Learning Space Disruptions |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Lead Multiple Generations, Educate Gen Z, and Design New Types of Learning Space |
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Chapter 7. Global Readiness: Preparing for the 2030s, 2040s, and Beyond . . .
| Connecting to the World: Going Global |
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| A Local Global Principal With a Global Vision |
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| The Global Skills: Morphing and Growing With the Times |
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| Today’s Curriculum: Shifting to Global Skills |
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| Lifelong Learning Is No Longer Optional |
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| Tips for Leading Schools to Global Readiness |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Lead Schools to Global Readiness |
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Chapter 8. Diversity: New Challenges in the School Melting Pot
| The Growth of Ethnic Diversity in American Schools |
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| Welcoming Diversity: A Melting Pot or a Mosaic? |
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| Leading in a Climate of Fear |
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| Resegregation: A Growing Racial and Poverty Gap |
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| Racial Diversity in Middle America |
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| Schools: To Pray or Not to Pray |
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| Protecting Gay Rights: To Help Students Walking Through a Hailstorm |
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| Restrooms: Boys, Girls, and Genderless |
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| Trying to Diversify the Teaching Force |
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| Tips for Leading Schools in Diversity Disruptions |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Lead in Diversity Disruptions |
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Chapter 9. Transparency: The World Is Watching
| A View of Transparency From the Last Century to the Present |
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| Acknowledging Vulnerability and Seeking Clarity |
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| Tips for Leading in Transparency Disruptions |
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| Scenarios for Applying the CAT Strategy |
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| Activities to Lead in Transparency Disruptions |
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Chapter 10. 21st Century School Assessment: More Than Test Scores
| A Flexible, Formative School Assessment System |
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| An Example of a New Assessment Instrument |
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| Create Your Own Plan for Leading in Disruptive Times |
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Chapter 11. An Accelerating World: Leading Schools in an Age of Hyper-Change
| A Glimpse of School Futures: Digitization, Disruption, and Democratization |
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| Digitization in Education |
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| How Education Will Be Disrupted |
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| How Education Will Be Democratized |
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| Overcoming Three Barriers |
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| Moving Out of Future Shock: Pausing and Balancing |
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| Tips for Helping Teachers: Mindfulness, Balance, and Respect |
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| Let’s Be Apple and Microsoft |
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| Activities to Lead in Hyper-Change |
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References
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