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Leading for Equity

on Aug 20, 2009 by The EEP Team

Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools

Stacey M. Childress, Denis P. Doyle, and David A. Thomas, with a foreword by David Gergen

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.

About the Authors:

Stacey M. Childress is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and a cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University. Denis P. Doyle is cofounder and Chief Academic Officer of SchoolNet. David A. Thomas is the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

David Gergen is a professor of public service and the director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report and is a Senior Political Analyst for CNN.

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