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Leading Schools in Disruptive Times
How To Survive Hyper-Change
- Dwight L. Carter - Assistant Director, Eastland Career Center
- Mark White - Consultant
September 2017 | 272 pages | Corwin
A school leadership model for surviving hyper-change
From social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today’s school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century?
In Leading Schools in Disruptive Times, Dwight Carter and Mark White draw the blueprint for adaptation. Through the Coping, Adjusting, and Transforming (CAT) strategy, administrators will learn vital methods for keeping pace in the age of hyper-change.
• A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change
• Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century
• A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come.
If our schools are to survive, it is essential for educators to understand and anticipate disruptions, and use them to maximize education and prepare students for an ever-changing world.
From social media to evolving safety issues to constant school reform, today’s school leaders face unprecedented disruption. How can educators prepare students for a globalized world when many institutions are not ready for the constantly changing 21st century?
In Leading Schools in Disruptive Times, Dwight Carter and Mark White draw the blueprint for adaptation. Through the Coping, Adjusting, and Transforming (CAT) strategy, administrators will learn vital methods for keeping pace in the age of hyper-change.
• A comprehensive history of disruption in American schools as a lens for understanding accelerated change
• Practical exercises and real-life examples for reshaping education in the 21st century
• A grounded examination of radical disruptions schools will face in the years to come.
If our schools are to survive, it is essential for educators to understand and anticipate disruptions, and use them to maximize education and prepare students for an ever-changing world.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Schools Disrupted: Understanding How We Got Here
Chapter 2. Types of School Disruptions: New Problems Going Viral
Chapter 3. Student Safety: From Innocence to the Unimaginable
Chapter 4. Technology: New Opportunities and New Challenges
Chapter 5. Education Reforms: Searching for the Freedom to Lead and the Freedom to Teach
Chapter 6. Generational Differences: Leading Boomers, X, Y, and Z in New Learning Spaces
Chapter 7. Global Readiness: Preparing for the 2030s, 2040s, and Beyond . . .
Chapter 8. Diversity: New Challenges in the School Melting Pot
Chapter 9. Transparency: The World Is Watching
Chapter 10. 21st Century School Assessment: More Than Test Scores
Chapter 11. An Accelerating World: Leading Schools in an Age of Hyper-Change
References
Index
Carter and White offer school principals useful tips, suggestions, and real life examples regarding each disruption. This book does not leave the what and why to chance. It is very relevant to the issues educators face today.
W.E. Striplin Elementary School, Gadsden, AL
Leading Schools in Disruptive Times has an excellent voice, is timely, and speaks directly to topics foremost in the minds of educators. It will definitely generate engaging conversations.
Bettendorf Community School District, Bettendorf, IA
