Leading for Equity

The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools

Stacey M. Childress, Denis P. Doyle, David A. Thomas

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781934742228
• eBook ISBN: 9781612500119
• Topic: Didattica
• Subtopic: Didattica generale

Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.

In chapters organized around six core themes, the authors lay out the essential elements of MCPS’s success. They identify key lessons other districts can draw from MCPS’s experience and offer a framework for applying them. A dramatic departure from “business as usual,” MCPS has won nationwide attention as a compelling model for tackling the achievement and opportunity issues that confront our nation as a whole.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword by David Gergen
• Introduction
• 1 Challenging the Status Quo
• 2 Implementing a Differentiation Strategy
• 3 Building Relationships for Sustainability
• 4 Expanding Capacity Through Investments in People
• 5 Designing New Systems and Structures for Change
• 6 Creating an Equity-Focused Culture
• 7 Six Lessons from the Montgomery County Journey and a New Call to Action
• 8 Strategy as Problem Solving—Applying the MCPS Approach
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Index